CN107072746A

CN107072746A - System and method for integrated surgical platform icon

Info

Publication number: CN107072746A
Application number: CN201580057286.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: B·D·伊特考维茨; P·W·莫尔
Original assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc
Current assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc
Priority date: 2014-10-27
Filing date: 2015-10-27
Publication date: 2017-08-18
Anticipated expiration: 2035-10-27
Also published as: JP6774404B2; US20170333275A1; EP3212148A1; KR102460203B1; CN107072746B; EP3212148A4; WO2016069650A1; US10624807B2; JP2018500055A; KR20170074850A

Abstract

System and method for integrated surgical platform icon include computer aided medicine equipment.Computer aided medicine equipment includes the control unit for being used for control computer auxiliary medical equipment and the display unit for being coupled to control unit, and display unit at least has operating table state region.Control unit is configured as receiving the information of orientation of the table top relative to the pedestal of operating table of the description operating table from operating table, one or more icons of operating table and orientation are described in generation to graphically, and one or more icons are sent to display unit to show in operating table state region.Operating table is coupled to computer aided medicine equipment via communication connection.

Description

System and method for integrated surgical platform icon

Related application

The disclosure requires the entitled " system and method for integrated operating desk submitted on October 27th, 2014 (System and Method for Integrated Operating Table) " U.S. Provisional Patent Application US62/ 069,245 and submitted on March 17th, 2015 it is entitled " be used for integrated surgical platform icon system and method (System And Method for Integrated Surgical Table Icons) " U.S. Provisional Patent Application US62/134, 270 priority, the two applications are hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety by reference.

Technical field

The disclosure relates generally to the operation of the equipment with articulated jib, and relates more specifically to setting with articulated jib The standby operation with integrated surgical platform.

Background technology

Increasing equipment semi-autonomous electronic equipment of being advocated peace certainly replaces.This is now in operating room, intervention set The hospital that large quantities of autonomous and semi-autonomous electronic equipments are found in room, strengthen the intensive care unit, emergency ward etc. is especially true.Example Such as, glass and mercurial thermometer are replaced by electronic thermometer, and drip-feed pipeline includes electronic monitor and Flow-rate adjustment now Device, and traditional hand-held surgical apparatus just replaced by computer aided medicine equipment.Advocate peace certainly with increasing Semi-autonomous equipment investment is used, and it provides two or more equipment and cooperates with realizing the chance of common objective.

Often it is expected that surgeon or operating room technician can be relative to the computer aided manufacturings as surgical manipulator assemblies The patient helped on the control arm movable operating platform or operating table of equipment, to improve or optimize to the internal anatomy of patient Into or visualization.For example, the gravity auxiliary that surgeon may want to perform organ during surgical procedure is shunk back.Because suffering from The organ of person will be moved with the inclination of operating table, for the sake of security, and surgery is removed from patient before mobile operating table Apparatus.Then, in many conventional remote-operated surgery systems, in order to perform it is this shrink back, control arm must pass through body Body opening (such as cutting part and/or body orifice) departs from from the sleeve pipe and apparatus being inserted into patient so that body opening Can safely it move, operating table, which must be then moved to, is estimated as the new position shunk back for being suitable for target organ, and And then dock executor again with patient.This method is probably time-consuming and troublesome.In addition, this process can be related to Successive ignition, because generally also removing endoscope from patient to improve security before mobile operating table so that surgical work The visualization in space is lost, and new position is typically valid conjecture, and it may be accurate or possible inaccurate or is not enough to It is appropriately performed and shrinks back.In order to avoid the iteration repeated, doctor often " exaggerated correction " and is selected than required steeper position Put and be orientated and shunk back with ensuring to occur desired gravity auxiliary.This exaggerated correction may cause patient safety issue, because Some orientations, the orientation of the head of such as patient downwards, it may not be possible to tolerated by patient, be especially that typically in this orientation and exhale Inhale the larger patient of difficult height.Further, since removing apparatus from patient and removing control arm from sleeve pipe, so apparatus is not It can be used by doctor and be used for auxiliary and shrink back, can such as completed in traditional laparoscopic procedure.

It would thus be advantageous to the system and method moved with permission in operating table, without being removed first from patient Computer-aided equipment with executor and device assembly.

The content of the invention

Advantageously, system and a method according to the invention allows and (carries patient's) operating table to be manipulated relative to surgical instruments Arm is moved, without removing the surgical instruments of executor control from patient first and making executor and the set in remaining inserted into patient Pipe departs from.In one aspect, two-way is set up between the computer aided medicine equipment and operating table with control arm first Letter.After this communication is set up, the then control of the motion in operating table motion is controlled by computer-aided equipment, is made Obtain does not allow physics operating table to transport in the case where not being firstly received the license and/or approval from computer-aided equipment It is dynamic.

In an aspect, when the patient moves, one (such as anesthetist) in operating room technician, which will start, to move Dynamic (for example, by pressing the button on operating table order unit).For expecting the expectation order of movement (for example, the special human relations of adjustment De Lunbai clinostatisms orientation is to be raised and lowered the head of patient, and be tilted to the left patient or be tilted to the right patient and/or rise or drop Low surface) it is relayed to computer-aided equipment via communication link.Controller and then base for computer-aided equipment Desired movement is determined in the present situation or state (such as physics, electric and/or software situation) of integrated system Whether it is admissible.Then ratify or refuse operating table movement request by returning to the message of operating table.Work as operating table When mobile request goes through, it is allowed to which operating table is with incremental mode (for example, apart from, angle or increment of time) on command direction It is mobile, as described below.In addition, in certain aspects, the movement velocity of platform, which is controlled as, to be sufficiently fast to allow surgeon Carry out tissues observed motion via imaging device (such as endoscope), to check that effectively tissue is moved, and be as caused by gravity It is slow enough so as to for the patient or personnel near operating table or computer-aided equipment without obvious dangerous.A side Face, expects to be during movement less than 3 degree per second (such as per second about 1.5 degree) by operating table movement control.This speed is provided Suitable movement and reposition operating table in an efficient way, it is but slow enough so as to the intermittence license from control system Prevent problematic computer-aided equipment situation and/or the injury to patient from developing.

In another aspect, when computer-aided equipment detects the correlation of the state of control arm during operating table is moved During change (for example, close to the range of movement limit in articulation joint), computer-aided equipment stop operating table motion to prevent Injury and/or the damage to instrument only to patient or staff.For each single platform control button pressing and/or life Order stream (for example, button press state), mobile this request, approval or refusal are in extremely rapid succession repeated (such as every 10ms) please Ask and then mobile circulation.As long as computer-aided equipment state is considered as " safe " or acceptable, operating table is moved Dynamic request is just ratified by computer-aided equipment, and operating table can freely be moved in any direction ordered by operator It is dynamic.

In an aspect, when refusing operating table movement request, or in computer-aided equipment such as due to calculating Range of movement limit in machine auxiliary equipment and in the case of interrupting the operating table movement currently performed, operating table motion is limited To provide increased security in the use of system.In some instances, the fortune between operating table and computer-aided equipment It is dynamic learn mapping be used for determining to cause remote centre of motion speed away from range of movement limit and/or unsafe condition and/or The operating table motion of joint velocity.In some instances, operating table motion is restricted to be criticized in establishment refusal/stop condition Motion in the opposite direction of accurate operating table motion.In some instances, when operating table motion causes two or more to cut with scissors Connect arm close to and/or when reaching opposite range of movement limit, do not allow further surgery platform to move.

In certain aspects, a single point (virtual motion center of the operating table in the commonly referred to as space of isocenter point Point) it is mobile.In one implementation, for example, this isocenter point is approximately centrally located on the radial type structure of operating table, And (such as about 35cm) place somewhat above the table top of operating table, with consider typical patient size, be blown into, operating table is filled out Fill thing and/or the like.Therefore, when operating table adjusts mobile with its Trend, platform surface is advanced through micro- Small " dish " arc.Operating table tilting freedom can be moved similarly on isocenter point, or it can be in space Another point movement, the top of the post of such as supporting bable tops.Operating table can also include on isocenter point or another The beat free degree of point definition.Isocenter point is usually located in patient's body, on table top about in typical operative site and/or Height (such as cutting part or body orifice) place of body opening.In some implementations, isocenter point is on platform mechanism It is fixed, and can limits isocenter point (such as height and/or position) to adapt to various trouble in other implementations The build of person and the position of operative site.

In certain aspects, computer-aided equipment can provide the XYZ cartesian coordinates of isocenter point to operating table, with After be specific rolling-pitching-deflection angle motion command, with realize patient move.Such motion can carry for surgeon For enhanced ability in clinical, because in some cases, they cause total motion of the related physical opening in the body wall of patient Minimize, so minimize the physical trauma at the body opening that apparatus is inserted through.In an aspect, such motion Order can be produced by surgeon to the motion of the surgical instruments for configuration processor or the surgical operation controller of apparatus. It is by the same communication link described in the first mode of operation that XYZ- rollings-pitching-beat coordinate and order transmission is in one's hands Art platform.It should be noted that in order that this wait central motion, computer-aided equipment should know operating table relative to calculating The position of machine auxiliary equipment and/or orientation.This relation can be inputted by user or passed through by computer-aided equipment any Suitable means are determined.In an aspect, this relation can be determined by registration, such as be carried on March 17th, 2014 Entitled " method and apparatus (the Methods and Devices for Tele- for remote operation platform registration handed over Surgical Table Registration) " U.S. Provisional Patent Application US61/954, described in 538, or this Kind of relation can determine or be estimated by positioning means, and that is such as submitted on March 17th, 2014 entitled " uses confidence mark Method and apparatus (the Methods and Devices for Table Pose Tracking using of the platform Attitude Tracking of note Fiducial Markers) " U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/954, described in 559, these application each for institute It is purposeful to be hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety by quoting.

In computer-aided equipment, multiple degrees of freedom executor keeps surgical instruments, and and then multi link assembling arm pass Executor is kept in mechanical ground.Executor is remote-operated, and assembles arm and can be moved with hand.Mechanical brake can be with For connecting rod being held in place by (hardware lock in joint), and in addition, motorised joints can be used for will be unclamped Connecting rod is held in place by (software lock in joint).In certain aspects, some or all of mechanical brakes can be released Put so that entirely assembling arm/control arm " can float " and (be presented effectively weightless), or entirely assemble the one of arm/control arm Part can float.In some cases, the release of this brake (hardware and/or software) is referred to as clutch (clutch). By the clutch brake associated with joint, connecting rod can be allowed to move.When articulated jib is by clutch, it can be that machinery is flat Weighing apparatus, and remains stationary in space is controlled to, until movement.It is in certain aspects, outside mobile from apparatus traction, The power for acting on sleeve pipe by the body wall of patient (such as by mobile operating table) wherein when the patient moves result in the arm of clutch The position in joint and/or the change of orientation.

Grasped with the surgery with the same or analogous kinematic some conventional remote operations of embodiment as described herein In vertical device system, it is not recommended that move patient while patient is inserted the instrument into by sleeve pipe.In such a system, it is current Sufficiently low frictional force may not had to allow the body wall traction device by patient by assembling shoulder joint, and prior It is that can be used to stop operating table fortune in the case that a clutch joint reaches range of movement limit wherein currently without method It is dynamic.The injury to patient may be caused by continuing to move to the operating table with patient under these conditions, particularly be inserted in apparatus Enter by the injury at body opening therein.Therefore, allow to determine or detect in computer-aided equipment in terms of " interlocking " Operating table is set to move but can safely stop in the case of unsafe (or imminent unsafe) situation.

In an aspect, recalling feature (i.e. " return to come road on ") allows operating table along its immediately preceding fortune Dynamic path is moved back to, and can further be allowed or can be realized that other directions are approached or patient motion.In terms of security, when When computer-aided equipment detects unsafe condition, generally forbid all computer-aided equipment and operating table motion, and And mustn't be movable, untill unsafe condition is solved.It is not this recall feature in the case of, when operating table (via Autocommand from computer-aided equipment) stop when, operating table may not be moved again, because computer-aided equipment Will be in unsafe condition (for example, situation that " stopping " order generated still has).Therefore, by using previously known Position/movement, recalling feature ensures safe operating table movement, because license is along causing the path of unsafe condition to be returned Return.Although being probably " safe " along the motion of some other axis, do not know that such axis is safe.At certain In a little embodiments, the progress that central motion ability is the interlocking features for surmounting system is waited.

By using method described herein and system, surgeon can move patient in a secured manner, because meter Calculation machine auxiliary equipment order operating table can stop before larger power is applied to patient via sleeve pipe.Then operating table is moved " returning on its next road " can be inverted, to prevent from being maintained at unsafe or potential unsafe posture, until being detected To situation be solved.

Consistent with some embodiments, computer aided medicine equipment includes the control for control computer auxiliary medical equipment Unit processed and the display unit for being coupled to control unit, display unit at least have operating table state region.Control unit quilt It is configured to receive the information of orientation of the table top relative to the pedestal of operating table of the description operating table from operating table, generates to scheme Shape mode describes one or more icons of operating table and orientation, and one or more icons are sent into display unit To be shown in operating table state region.Operating table is coupled to computer aided medicine equipment via communication connection.

Consistent with some embodiments, a kind of method for showing operating table state includes：By computer aided medicine equipment Control unit receives the information of orientation of the table top relative to the pedestal of operating table of the description operating table from operating table, operating table Computer aided medicine equipment is coupled to via communication connection.This method also includes：Retouched to graphically by control unit generation One or more icons of operating table and orientation are painted, and one or more icons are sent to display list by control unit Member is with the display in operating table state region.

It is consistent with some embodiments, a kind of non-transitory machine readable media including multiple machine readable instructions, machine Readable instruction when by one or more computing device associated with computer aided medicine equipment be suitable to make one or More processors perform method.This method includes：The table top of the description operating table from operating table is received relative to operation The information of the orientation of the pedestal of platform, operating table is coupled to computer aided medicine equipment via communication connection.This method also includes： One or more icons of operating table and orientation are described in generation to graphically, and one or more icons are sent to Display unit is with the display in operating table state region.

Brief description of the drawings

Fig. 1 is the simplification figure of the computer aided system according to some embodiments.

Fig. 2 is the simplification figure for showing the computer aided system according to some embodiments.

Fig. 3 is the simplification figure of the kinematics model of the computer aided medicine system according to some embodiments.

Fig. 4 is the simplification figure for the method moved according to the integrated surgical platform of some embodiments.

Fig. 5 be according to some embodiments make arrangements for surgery platform and in operation platform move computer-aided equipment Process simplification figure.

Fig. 6 is the simplification figure of a part for the operating table order unit according to some embodiments.

Fig. 7 is the simplification figure for being used to perform the process of operating table motion according to some embodiments.

Fig. 8 is to be used for the simplification figure for the process that operating table is tracked according to some embodiments.

Fig. 9 is the simplification figure for being used to monitor the process of operating table tracking according to some embodiments.

Figure 10 is the simplification figure of the user interface according to some embodiments.

Figure 11 A-11G show to combine integrated computer auxiliary equipment as described herein and Moveable operating table feature The rough schematic view of various computer-aided equipment system architectures.

In the accompanying drawings, the element with identical label has same or similar function.

Embodiment

In the following description, detail is illustrated to describe some embodiments consistent with the disclosure.However, for It should be apparent to those skilled in the art that some embodiments can be put into practice without some or all of in these specific details Details.Specific embodiment disclosed herein is exemplary, rather than restricted.Although being not particularly illustrated, ability The technical staff in domain can realize other key elements fallen into the scope of the present disclosure and spirit.In addition, in order to avoid unnecessary Repeat, one or more features related to one embodiment for showing and describing can be merged into other embodiment, remove It is non-to illustrate in addition or one or more features make embodiment nonfunctional.Term " comprising " means to include but not limited In, and in included one or more single projects should be considered as each it is optional, unless otherwise indicated. Similarly, term " can the with " project of expression is optional.

Fig. 1 is the simplification figure of the computer aided system 100 according to some embodiments.As shown in figure 1, area of computer aided system System 100 includes the equipment 110 with one or more moveable arms or articulated jib 120.In one or more articulated jibs 120 One or more end effectors of each support.In some instances, equipment 110 can be with Computer Aided Surgery equipment Unanimously.One or more articulated jibs 120 are respectively installed to the one or more of the distal end of at least one in articulated jib 120 Individual apparatus, surgical instruments, imaging device and/or the like provide support.Equipment 110 can be further coupled to operator's work Make station (not shown), operator's work station can include being used for operating the equipment 110, one or more articulated jibs 120 and/or One or more main control units of end effector.In certain embodiments, equipment 110 and operator's work station can be right Ying Yu by California Sunnyvale Intuitive Surgical Inc. (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.) commercially 'sSurgery system.In certain embodiments, with other configurations, less or more articulated jib and/or similar dress The Computer Aided Surgery equipment put alternatively can be used together with computer aided system 100.

Equipment 110 is coupled to control unit 130 via interface.Interface can include one or more Radio Links, line Cable, connector and/or bus, and may further include with one or more network exchanges and/or routing device One or more networks.Control unit 130 includes being coupled to the processor 140 of memory 150.The operation of control unit 130 Controlled by processor 140.Although also, control unit 130 shows only one of which processor 140, it is to be appreciated that processing Device 140 can represent one or more CPU in control unit 130, polycaryon processor, microprocessor, micro- Controller, digital signal processor, field programmable gate array (FPGA), application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and/or similar devices. Control unit 130 may be implemented as being added to unit subsystem and/or plate in computing device, or be embodied as virtual machine. In certain embodiments, control unit can be included as a part for operator's work station, and/or with operator's work station Separate but cooperating.

Memory 150 is used to store the software that is performed by control unit 130 and/or during the operation of control unit 130 One or more data structures used.Memory 150 can include the machine readable media of one or more types.Some The machine readable media of common form can include floppy disk, floppy disc, hard disk, tape, any other magnetic medium, CD-ROM, Any other optical medium, punched card, paper tape, any other physical medium with hole patterns, RAM, PROM, EPROM, FLASH-EPROM, any other memory chip or box, and/or processor or computer are suitable to any other medium read.

As shown, memory 150 includes the motion control application of the autonomous and/or semi-autonomous control of holding equipment 110 Program 160.Motion control application program 160 can include one or more application programming interfaces (API), for from setting Standby 110 receiving positions, motion and/or other sensors information, with other equipment (such as operating table and/or imaging device) phase Other control units closed exchange position, motion and/or collision free information, and/or planning and/or auxiliary equipment 110, are hinged The motion of arm 120 and/or the end effector of equipment 110.Although also, motion control application program 160 is described as software Application program, but motion control application program 160 can use the combination of hardware, software and/or hardware and software to realize.

In certain embodiments, computer aided system 100 can be found in operating room and/or intervention suite.Also, Although computer aided system 100 only includes an equipment 110 with two articulated jibs 120, those of ordinary skill will Understand, computer aided system 100 can include having articulated jib similar and/or different designs with equipment 110 and/or end Any amount of equipment of actuator.In some instances, less or more be hinged can each be included in these equipment Arm and/or end effector.

Computer aided system 100 further comprises operating table 170.Similar to one or more articulated jibs 120, operation Platform 170 supports table top 180 to be hinged movement relative to the pedestal of operating table 170.In some instances, table top 180 is hinged shifting Dynamic height, gradient, slip, Trend (Trendelenburg) orientation that can include being used to change table top 180 And/or the support member of similar aspect.Although not shown, operating table 170 can include one or more control input devices, Such as the position for controlling table top 180 and/or the operating table order unit of orientation.In certain embodiments, operating table 170 can With corresponding to one or more operating tables by German Trumpf Medical Systems GmbH commercially.

Operating table 170 is also coupled to control unit 130 via corresponding interface.The interface can include one or more Radio Link, cable, connector and/or bus, and may further include with one or more network exchanges and/or One or more networks of routing device.In certain embodiments, operating table 170 can be coupled to control unit 130 not Same control unit.In some instances, motion control application program 160 can include be used for receive with operating table 170 and/or One or more application programming interfaces of the associated position of table top 180, motion and/or other sensor informations (API).In some instances, motion control application program 160 can be planned and/or assisted surgery platform 170 and/or table top 180 Motion planning.In some instances, motion control application program 160 can aid in avoids associated motion from advising with collision Draw, adapt to and/or avoid range of movement limit in joint and connecting rod, articulated jib, apparatus, end effector, operating table part And/or the like movement compensate its in articulated jib, apparatus, end effector, operating table part and/or the like It is moved, and adjusts facilities for observation (such as endoscope) area interested is maintained and/or placed in the visual field of the facilities for observation Domain and/or one or more apparatuses or end effector.In some instances, motion control application program 160 can be prevented The motion of operating table 170 and/or table top 180, such as prevents operating table 170 and/or platform by using operating table order unit The movement in face 180.In some instances, motion control application program 160 can help that equipment 110 is registering with operating table 170, So that the geometrical relationship between equipment 110 and operating table 170 is known.In some instances, the geometrical relationship can include Translation and/or one or many rotations between the coordinate system maintained for equipment 110 and operating table 170.

Fig. 2 is the simplification figure for showing the computer aided system 200 according to some embodiments.For example, area of computer aided system System 200 can be consistent with computer aided system 100.As shown in Fig. 2 computer aided system 200 is including with one or more The computer-aided equipment 210 of multiple articulated jibs and operating table 280.Although not shown in fig. 2, computer-aided equipment 210 and operating table 280 be coupled together using one or more interfaces and one or more control units so that at least On operating table 280 kinematics information for the motion of the articulated jib for performing computer-aided equipment 210 motion control Application program processed is known.

Computer-aided equipment 210 includes various connecting rods and joint.In the embodiment of fig. 2, computer-aided equipment leads to Often it is divided into three groups of different connecting rods and joint.Since the near-end with mobile handcart or patient-side stroller 215 is assembling knot Structure 220.The distal end for being coupled to assembling structure is a series of connecting rods and the assembling joint 240 to form articulated jib.And it is coupled to The distal end for assembling joint 240 is multi-joint executor 260.In some instances, a series of assembling joints 240 and executor 260 one can correspond in articulated jib 120.Although also, computer-aided equipment only shows there is a serial dress With joint 240 and corresponding executor 260, but ordinarily skilled artisan will understand that, computer-aided equipment can include being more than One serial assembling joint 240 and corresponding executor 260 so that computer-aided equipment is equipped with multiple articulated jibs.

As shown, computer-aided equipment 210 is installed on mobile handcart 215.Mobile handcart 215 causes computer Auxiliary equipment 210 from one place can be transported to another place such as between operating room or in operating room, with more preferable Computer-aided equipment is placed near operating table 180 by ground.Assembling structure 220 is installed on mobile handcart 215.Such as Fig. 2 Shown, assembling structure 220 includes two-part post, and the post includes post connecting rod 221 and 222.Be coupled to post connecting rod 222 upper end or Distal end is shoulder joint 223.Be coupled to shoulder joint 223 is to include the two-part suspension rod of suspension rod connecting rod 224 and 225.Hanging The far-end of bar connecting rod 225 is wrist joint 226, and be coupled to wrist joint 226 is arm mounting platform 227.

The connecting rod of assembling structure 220 and joint include position and the orientation (i.e. posture) for being used to change arm mounting platform 227 The various frees degree.For example, two-part post is used by moving up and down shoulder joint 223 along axis 232 adjusting arm peace The height of assembling platform 227.Arm mounting platform 227 additionally surrounds mobile handcart 215, two-part by using shoulder joint 223 Post and axis 232 rotate.The horizontal level of arm mounting platform 227 is adjusted by using two-part suspension rod along axis 234. Also, the orientation of arm mounting platform 227 can also be orientated the rotation of axis 236 by using wrist joint 226 around arm mounting platform Transfer and be adjusted.Therefore, the connecting rod and the limitation of the movement in joint being limited by assembling structure 220, the position of arm mounting platform 227 Can vertically it be adjusted in the top of mobile handcart 215 by using two-part post.The position of arm mounting platform 227 can also Radially or angularly it is adjusted around mobile handcart 215 using two-part suspension rod and shoulder joint 223 respectively.Also, arm The angle orientation of mounting platform 227 can also be changed by using wrist joint 226.

Arm mounting platform 227 is used as the mount point of one or more articulated jibs.Arm mounting platform 227 is adjusted around shifting The ability for moving height, horizontal level and the orientation of stroller 215 is provided for surrounding to enter by one or more articulated jibs The flexible assembling structure that the working space being located near mobile handcart 215 of row operation or program is disposed and is orientated.For example, Arm mounting platform 227 can be placed in above patient so that various articulated jibs and its corresponding executor and apparatus have enough Range of movement with to patient perform surgical procedure.Fig. 2 is shown is coupled to arm mounting platform using the first assembling joint 242 227 single articulated jib.Although illustrate only an articulated jib, ordinarily skilled artisan will understand that, multiple articulated jibs can be with Arm mounting platform 227 is coupled to by using the first additional assembling joint.

First assembling joint 242 forms the recent side part of the assembling section of joint 240 of articulated jib.Assembling joint 240 can To further comprise a series of joints and connecting rod.As shown in Fig. 2 assembling joint 240 at least includes closing via one or more Save the connecting rod 244 and 246 of (being not explicitly depicted) coupling.Joint is assembled in the joint and connecting rod for assembling joint 240 including the use of first 242 make assembling joint 240 be rotated around axis 252 relative to arm mounting platform 227, adjust the first assembling joint 242 and connecting rod Radial direction or horizontal range between 246, adjust along axis 254 connecting rod 246 far-end executor installed part 262 relative to The height of arm mounting platform 227 and the ability for making executor installed part 262 surround the rotation of axis 254.In some instances, fill Additional joint, connecting rod and axis are may further include with joint 240, it is allowed to which the additional free degree is installed to change executor Posture of the part 262 relative to arm mounting platform 227.

Executor 260 is coupled to the distal end in assembling joint 240 via executor installed part 262.Executor 260 includes additional Joint 264 and connecting rod 266, wherein apparatus bracket 268 is installed in the distal end of executor 260.Apparatus 270 is installed to apparatus Bracket 268.Apparatus 270 includes axle 272, and axle 272 is aligned along insertion axis.What axle 272 was generally in alignment with so that its pass through with The associated remote centre of motion 274 of executor 260.The position of remote centre of motion 274 is commonly angled relative to executor installed part 262 maintain fixed translation relation so that the operation in the joint 264 in executor 260 causes axle 272 to surround remote centre of motion 274 rotations.According to embodiment, using the physical constraint in the joint 264 and connecting rod 266 of executor 260, using being placed on permission Software constraint in the motion in joint 264 and/or both combinations maintain remote centre of motion 274 relative to executor The fixation translation relation of installed part 262.Using in the long-range motion maintained by using the physical constraint in joint and connecting rod The representative embodiment of the Computer Aided Surgery equipment of the heart, which is described in submit on May 13rd, 2013 entitled, " to be used for hard The redundancy axis and the free degree (Redundant Axis and Degree of of remote center's robotic manipulator of part constraint Freedom for Hardware-Constrained Remote Center Robotic Manipulator) " the U.S. it is special Profit is applied in US13/906,888, and uses the Computer Aided Surgery equipment of the remote centre of motion maintained by software constraint Representative embodiment be described in submit on May 19th, 2005 entitled and " be used for the software of surgical operation and other application Center and can level configurations robot system (Software Center and Highly Configurable Robotic Systems for Surgery and Other Uses) " United States Patent (USP) US8, in 004,229, the specification of these documents It is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety by quoting.In some instances, the body that remote centre of motion 274 can correspond in patient 278 The position of body opening (such as cutting part or body orifice), its axis 272 is inserted into patient 278.Because long-range motion Center 274 corresponds to body opening, so when using apparatus 270, remote centre of motion 274 keeps quiet relative to patient 278 Only, the stress to be limited in the anatomical structure of the patient 278 at remote centre of motion 274.In some instances, axle 272 can To optionally pass through the sleeve pipe (not shown) being located at body opening.In some instances, with relatively large axle or guiding The apparatus of pipe overall diameter (such as 4-5mm or bigger) can use sleeve pipe to pass through body opening, and for relatively small Axle or the apparatus of guiding tube overall diameter (such as 2-3mm or smaller) can alternatively omit sleeve pipe.

It is end effector 276 in the far-end of axle 272.Due in executor 260 caused by joint 264 and connecting rod 266 The free degree can allow at least control shaft 272 and/or end effector 276 relative to executor installed part 262 rolling, bow Face upward and beat.In some instances, the free degree in executor 260 may further include using apparatus bracket 268 advance and/ Or recall the ability of axle 272 so that end effector 276 can advance relative to remote centre of motion 274 along insertion axis And/or recall.In some instances, executor 260 can with for the surgery directly perceived by California Sunnyvale Operation company (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.) is commerciallyThe executor one that surgery system is used together Cause.In some instances, apparatus 270 can be the imaging device of such as endoscope, fixture, such as cauter or scalpel it is outer Section's apparatus and/or the like.In some instances, end effector 276 can include the additional free degree, such as rolling, Pitching, beat, grasping and/or the like, it allows the volume of distal end of each several part relative to axle 272 of end effector 276 Outer ixed control.

During surgical operation or other medical procedures, patient 278 is usually located on operating table 280.Operating table 280 includes Pedestal 282 and table top 284, wherein pedestal 282 are located near mobile handcart 215 so that apparatus 270 and/or end effector 276 It can be manipulated by computer-aided equipment 210, while the axle 272 of apparatus 270 is inserted at body opening in the body of patient 278. Operating table 280 further comprises radial type structure 290, and the radial type structure 290 includes one between pedestal 282 and table top 284 Individual or more joint or connecting rod so that control table top 284 relative to pedestal 280 relative position, and thus control patient 278 relative to pedestal 280 relative position.In some instances, radial type structure 290 may be configured so that relative to can Table top 284 is controlled with the platform motion isocenter point 286 of the virtual definition at the point of the top of table top 284.In some examples In, isocenter point 286 can be located at the internal of patient 278.In some instances, isocenter point 286 can body opening it Body wall juxtaposition at or near one (such as corresponding to the body opening of remote centre of motion 274) with patient.

As shown in Fig. 2 radial type structure 290 includes height adjustment joint 292 so that table top 284 can be relative to pedestal 282 rises and/or reduction.Radial type structure 290 further comprises joint and connecting rod, with change table top 284 relative to etc. center The gradient 294 and Trend 296 of point 286 are orientated.Gradient 294 allows table top 284 to incline from a lateral opposite side Tiltedly so that the right side or left side of patient 278 is rotated up (i.e. around the longitudinal axis of table top 284 relative to the opposite side of patient 278 Line or head are to pin (head-tail) axis).Trend 296 allows table top 284 to rotate so that the foot of patient 278 is raised Raise (reverse Trend) on the head of (Trend) or patient 278.In some instances, it can adjust The rotation of whole gradient 294 and/or Trend 296 surrounds the rotation of isocenter point 286 to produce.Radial type structure 290 further comprise additional connecting rod and joint 298 so that table top 284 along longitudinal direction (head-tail) axis relative to pedestal 282 Slide, generally moved with left and/or right as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 11 A-11G show to combine integrated computer auxiliary equipment as described herein and Moveable operating table feature The rough schematic view of various computer-aided equipment system architectures.System unit shown in various is according to original described herein Reason.In these diagrams, for the sake of clarity, these parts are simplified, and various details are not shown, and such as each connects Bar, joint, executor, apparatus, end effector etc., but they are appreciated that with reference in the part of various diagrams.

In these frameworks, the sleeve pipe associated with one or more surgical instruments or apparatus group is not shown, and It should be appreciated that sleeve pipe and other apparatuses guiding equipment may be alternatively used for relatively large axle or guiding tube overall diameter The apparatus or apparatus group of (such as 4-5mm or bigger), and optionally for relatively small axle or guiding tube overall diameter The apparatus of (such as 2-3mm or smaller) is dispensed.

Equally in these frameworks, remote-operated executor is understood to include between surgery average of operation periods by making It is (such as soft with hardware constraints (such as fixed intersecting apparatus pitch axis, beat axis and roll-over axis) or software constraint Intersecting apparatus pitch axis, beat axis and the roll-over axis of part constraint) limit the executor of remote centre of motion.Can be with Limit mixing (roll-over axis of such as hardware constraints and the pitch axis of software constraint and the beat axle of this apparatus rotation axis Line).In addition, some executors can not limit and constrain any surgical instruments rotation axis during program, and some are grasped Vertical device can limit and constrain only one or two apparatus rotation axis during program.

Figure 11 A show Moveable operating table 1100 and single apparatus computer-aided equipment 1101a.Operating table 1100 includes Moveable table top 1102 and extend from the proximal seat 1104 of mechanical earthing with the platform branch of far-end supporting bable tops 1102 Support structure 1103.In some instances, operating table 1100 can be consistent with operating table 170 and/or 280.Computer-aided equipment 1101a includes remote-operated executor and single device assembly 1105a.Computer-aided equipment 1101a also includes supporting construction 1106a, supporting construction 1106a at proximal seat 1107a mechanical earthing and extend with the executor and device at support on the neck Tool component 1105a.Supporting construction 1106a is configured to permit component 1105a and is moved on operating table 1100 and be maintained at various In fixed pose.Pedestal 1107a is alternatively being permanently fixed or moveable on operating table 1100.The He of operating table 1100 Computer-aided equipment 1101a is as described herein to be operated together.

Figure 11 A further illustrate optional second computer auxiliary equipment 1101b, it illustrates can include two, Three, four, five or more single computer-aided equipments, each computer-aided equipment has corresponding single Remote-operated executor and (multiple) the single device assembly 1105b supported by corresponding supporting construction 1106b.With computer Auxiliary equipment 1101a is similar, and computer-aided equipment 1101b is posed by mechanical earthing, and component 1105b.Operating table 1100 and computer-aided equipment 1101a and 1101b form many apparatus surgery systems together, and it is as described herein they together Operation.In some instances, computer-aided equipment 1101a and/or 1101b can with computer-aided equipment 110 and/or 210 is consistent.

As shown in Figure 11 B, another Moveable operating table 1100 and computer-aided equipment 1111 are shown.Computer aided manufacturing It is many training equipments to help equipment 1111, and it includes two, three, four, five or more independent remote-operated executors With single device assembly, as shown in representational executor and device assembly 1105a and 1105b.Computer-aided equipment 1111 Component 1105a and 1105b is supported by integral supporting structure 1112, and integral supporting structure 1112 allows component 1105a and 1105b to close Move and pose together as one group in operating table 1100.The component 1105a and 1105b of computer-aided equipment 1111 are also each From being supported respectively by corresponding independent supporting construction 1113a and 1113b, this allows each component 1105a and 1105b on hand Art platform 1100 and individually move and pose on one or more other component 1105a and 1105b.Outside this many apparatuses The example of section's system architecture be by Intuitive Surgical Inc. (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.) commerciallySurgery system andXi^TMSurgery system.As described herein, operating table 1100 and surgery behaviour Vertical device system 1111 is operated together.In some instances, computer-aided equipment 1111 and computer-aided equipment 110 and/or 210 is consistent.

Figure 11 A and Figure 11 B computer-aided equipment are shown as the mechanical earthing at floor.But, it is one or more Individual such computer-aided equipment alternatively can be mechanically grounded at wall or ceiling, and on such wall or Ceiling surface is being permanently fixed or moveable.In some instances, computer-aided equipment can be by using track Or grid system and be installed to wall or ceiling, the track or grid system allow the support pedestal of computer aided system Relative to operating table movement.In some instances, one or more fixations or releasable installs fixture can be used for by Corresponding support pedestal is installed to track or grid system.As shown in Figure 11 C, computer-aided equipment 1121a machines at wall Tool is grounded, and computer-aided equipment 1121b mechanical earthings at ceiling.

In addition, computer-aided equipment can be via the mechanical earthing indirectly of Moveable operating table 1100.Such as Figure 11 D institutes Show, computer-aided equipment 1131a is coupled to the table top 1102 of operating table 1100.Computer-aided equipment 1131a can be with optional Ground is coupled to the other parts of operating table 1100, such as platform supporting construction 1103 or pedestal 1104, dotted line knot as shown in Figure 11 D Shown in structure.When table top 1102 is moved on platform supporting construction 1103 or pedestal 1104, computer-aided equipment 1131a is equally closed Moved in platform supporting construction 1103 or pedestal 1104.However, when computer-aided equipment 1131a is coupled to platform supporting construction 1103 Or during pedestal 1104, computer-aided equipment 1131a pedestal keeps fixing when table top 1102 is moved on ground.When platform fortune During dynamic generation, the body opening in apparatus insertion patient can also be moved, because the body of patient can be relative to table top 1102 Mobile and change body aperture position.Therefore, the embodiment of table top 1102, platform are coupled to for computer-aided equipment 1131a Face 1102 is grounded as local mechanical, and body opening is moved on table top 1102, and is therefore set on area of computer aided Standby 1131a movements.Figure 11 D also illustrate second computer auxiliary equipment 1131b, and second computer auxiliary equipment 1131b can be by Alternatively add, configured to create many device systems similar to computer-aided equipment 1131a.Including being coupled to operation The system of one or more computer-aided equipments of platform is operated as disclosed herein.

In certain embodiments, other combinations of the computer-aided equipment of the mechanical earthing with identical or mixing are It is possible.For example, system can be included in a computer-aided equipment of mechanical earthing at floor and via operating table machine Tool is grounded to the second computer auxiliary equipment on floor.This hybrid mechanical earthing system is grasped as disclosed herein Make.

The aspect of the present invention also includes single body open loop system, and two of which or more surgical instruments is via single body Body opening enters body.Entitled " the surgery system apparatus installation that the example of such system was submitted on the 12nd in August in 2010 (Surgical System Instrument Mounting) " United States Patent (USP) US8,852,208 and on June 13rd, 2007 carry The United States Patent (USP) of entitled " micro-wound surgical operation system (the Minimally Invasive Surgical System) " that hands over US9, shows in 060,678, the two documents are all incorporated by reference into.Figure 11 E show remote-operated many apparatus computers Auxiliary equipment 1141 and operating table as described above 1100.Two or more apparatuses 1142 are each coupled to corresponding executor 1143, and apparatus group 1142 and instrument manipulator 1143 move together by system manipulation device 1144.System manipulation device 1144 by Support component 1145 is supported, and support component 1145 allows system manipulation device 1144 to be moved to and be fixed on various postures.Support group Part 1145 and the foregoing description as one man mechanical earthing at pedestal 1146.Two or more apparatuses 1142 are in single body opening In place's insertion patient.Alternatively, apparatus 1142 extends through single guiding tube together, and guiding tube optionally extends through set Pipe, described in bibliography as referenced above.Computer-aided equipment 1141 and operating table 1100 is as described herein grasps together Make.

Figure 11 F are shown alternately through table top 1102, platform supporting construction 1103 or pedestal 1104 is coupled to, via operation Another many single body opening computer-aided equipment 1151 of apparatus of the mechanical earthing of platform 1100.Above by reference to retouching for Figure 11 D State and be also applied for mechanical earthing option shown in Figure 11 F.Computer-aided equipment 1151 and operating table 1100 are as described herein Work together.

Figure 11 G show one or more remote-operated many single body opening computer-aided equipments 1161 of apparatus It can be combined with as described herein with one or more remote-operated single apparatus computer-aided equipments 1162 with performing the operation Platform 1100 is operated together.Each in computer-aided equipment 1161 and 1162 can be directly or via other structures with such as Upper described various mode mechanical earthings.

Fig. 3 is the simplification figure of the kinematics model 300 of the computer aided medicine system according to some embodiments.Such as Fig. 3 Shown, kinematics model 300 can include the kinematics information associated with many sources and/or equipment.Kinematics information is based on Known kinematics model for the connecting rod and joint of computer aided medicine equipment and operating table.The further base of kinematics information In the information associated with the position of computer aided medicine equipment and the joint of operating table and/or orientation.In some instances, The information associated with the position in joint and/or orientation can be by measuring linear position and the cradle head in prismatic joint Rotation position is obtained from one or more sensors (such as encoder).

Kinematics model 300 includes several coordinate systems or coordinate system and conversion (such as homogeneous transformation (homogeneous Transform)), for position and/or orientation are transformed in coordinate system from one in coordinate system another.At some In example, kinematics model 300 can be used for by combining the forward transform by being pointed out including conversion linkage in figure 3 And/or reciprocal transformation/inverse transformation allows before position and/or the orientation in one of coordinate system in any other coordinate system To and/or back mapping.In some instances, when these conversion are modeled as the homogeneous transformation of matrix form, matrix is used Multiplication come complete combination.In certain embodiments, kinematics model 300 can be used for the He of computer-aided equipment 210 to Fig. 2 The kinematic relation of operating table 280 is modeled.

Kinematics model 300 include being used for the position of operating table (such as operating table 170 and/or operating table 280) and/or It is orientated the pedestal coordinate system 305 being modeled.In some instances, pedestal coordinate system 305 can be used for relative to operating table Associated reference point and/or orientation are modeled to other points on operating table.In some instances, reference point and/or Orientation can be associated with the pedestal (such as pedestal 282) of operating table.In some instances, pedestal coordinate system 305 may be adapted to World coordinate system as computer aided system.

Kinematics model 300 further comprises table top coordinate system 310, and it can be used for (all to the table top for representing operating table Such as table top 284) coordinate system in position and/or orientation be modeled.In some instances, table top coordinate system 310 can enclose Pivot or isocenter point (such as isocenter point 286) around table top is placed in the middle.In some instances, the Z of table top coordinate system 310 The floor or surface that axle can place operating table thereon relatively are vertically oriented and/or the surface normal with table top.Show at some In example, the X-axis and Y-axis of table top coordinate system 310 can be oriented to capture longitudinal direction (from top to bottom) main shaft of table top and lateral (from side to opposite side) main shaft.In some instances, pedestal be used to map table top coordinate system to table top coordinate transform 315 Position and/or orientation between 310 and pedestal coordinate system 305.In some instances, the radial type structure of operating table (is such as cut with scissors Connect formula structure 290) one or more kinematics models and past and/or current joint sensors reading be used for Determine pedestal to table top coordinate transform 315.In some examples consistent with Fig. 2 embodiment, pedestal to table top coordinate transform The combined effect that 315 pairs of height associated with operating table, gradient, Trend and/or slips are set is built Mould.

Kinematics model 300 further comprise be used for computer-aided equipment (such as computer-aided equipment 110 and/ Or computer-aided equipment 210) position and/or the equipment base coordinate system that is modeled of orientation.In some instances, equipment Base coordinate system 320 can be used for the reference point associated relative to computer-aided equipment and/or orientation is come to computer Other points in auxiliary equipment are modeled.In some instances, reference point and/or orientation can be with computer-aided equipments The equipment base of (such as mobile handcart 215) is associated.In some instances, equipment base coordinate system 320 is adapted as The world coordinate system of computer aided system.

In order to track position and/or the orientation relationship between operating table and computer-aided equipment, it is usually desirable in operation Registration is carried out between platform and computer-aided equipment.As shown in figure 3, registration is determined for table top coordinate system 310 and equipment Registration transformation 325 between base coordinate system 320.In certain embodiments, registration transformation 325 can be table top coordinate system 310 Part or all of conversion between equipment base coordinate system 320.Registration transformation 325 is based on operating table and computer-aided equipment Between architecture arrangement and be determined.

It is installed in computer-aided equipment in Figure 11 D and Figure 11 the F example of table top 1102, registration transformation 325 Determined according to pedestal to table top coordinate transform 315, and learn where computer-aided equipment is installed to table top 112.

Figure 11 A-11C, Figure 11 E on wall or ceiling are placed on floor or are installed in computer-aided equipment In Figure 11 F example, registration is simplified by placing some limitations to equipment base coordinate system 320 and pedestal coordinate system 305 The determination of conversion 325.In some instances, these limitations include both equipment base coordinate system 320 and pedestal coordinate system 305 and existed It is consistent on identical axis straight up or Z axis.Assuming that operating table is located on horizontal floor, the wall in room (for example hangs down Directly in floor) and the relative orientation of ceiling (such as parallel to floor) be known, be equipment base coordinate system 320 and pedestal Coordinate system 305 both or appropriate orientation conversion maintain the common axle or Z axis (or appropriate orientation conversion) to be straight up It is possible.In some instances, because common Z axis, registration transformation 325 can be alternatively only to equipment base relative to pedestal Around rotation relationship (such as θ of the Z axis of pedestal coordinate system 305_ZRegistration) it is modeled.In some instances, registration transformation 325 Alternatively the horizontal-shift (such as XY registrations) between pedestal coordinate system 305 and equipment base coordinate system 320 can also be carried out Modeling.This is possible, because vertical (Z) relation between computer-aided equipment and operating table is known.Therefore, pedestal To the table top in the conversion 315 of table top height change be similar to equipment base coordinate system 320 in vertical adjustment because platform Vertical axis in seat coordinate system 305 and equipment base coordinate system 320 is identical or close to identical so that pedestal coordinate system The change of height between 305 and equipment base coordinate system 320 is in mutual reasonable tolerance.In some instances, pass through Understand the height and θ of table top (or its isocenter point)_ZAnd/or XY registrations, can be by the inclination in the conversion 315 of pedestal to table top Degree adjustment and Trend adjustment are mapped to equipment base coordinate system 320.In some instances, the He of registration transformation 325 The conversion 315 of pedestal to table top can be used for being modeled Computer Aided Surgery equipment, just look like Computer Aided Surgery Equipment is attached to table top, even if architecturally it is not attached on table top.

Kinematics model 300 further comprises arm mounting platform coordinate system 330, and it is used as and computer-aided equipment The appropriate model of the associated shared coordinate system of the point of recent side on articulated jib.In certain embodiments, arm mounting platform is sat Mark system 330 can be associated with the convenience point on arm mounting platform (such as arm mounting platform 227) and installs flat relative to arm Convenience point orientation on platform.In some instances, the central point of arm mounting platform coordinate system 330 can take positioned at arm mounting platform To on axis 236, wherein the Z axis of arm mounting platform coordinate system 330 is aligned with arm mounting platform orientation axis 236.Show at some In example, the coordinate transform 335 of equipment base to arm mounting platform is used for mapped device base coordinate system 320 and arm mounting platform is sat Position and/or orientation between mark system 330.In some instances, computer-aided equipment is in equipment base and arm mounting platform Between connecting rod and joint (such as assembling structure 220) one or more kinematics models together with past and/or current Joint sensors reading together be used for determine equipment base to the coordinate transform 335 of arm mounting platform.In the embodiment with Fig. 2 In some consistent examples, the assembling that the coordinate transform 335 of equipment base to arm mounting platform can be to computer-aided equipment Two-part post, shoulder joint, two-part suspension rod and the carpal combined effect of structure division are modeled.

Kinematics model 300 further comprises a series of coordinates associated with each articulated jib of computer-aided equipment System and conversion.As shown in figure 3, kinematics model 300 includes being used for coordinate system and the conversion of three articulated jibs, but ordinary skill Personnel will be understood that different computer-aided equipments can include less and/or more (for example, one, two, four, five Or more) articulated jib.With the connecting rod and the configuration consistency in joint of Fig. 2 computer-aided equipment 210, according to being installed to articulated jib Distal end apparatus type, by using executor installed part coordinate system, remote centre of motion coordinate system and apparatus or take the photograph Camera coordinate system, is modeled to each articulated jib.

In kinematics model 300, by using executor installed part coordinate system 341, remote centre of motion (RC) coordinate It is 342, apparatus coordinate system 343, the conversion 344 of arm mounting platform to executor installed part, executor installed part to long-range motion The conversion 345 at center and remote centre of motion capture the motion of the first articulated jib in articulated jib to the conversion 346 of apparatus Relation.Executor installed part coordinate system 341 represents to be used to represent the position associated with executor (such as executor 260) And/or the appropriate model of orientation.Executor installed part coordinate system 341 (is such as grasped with the executor installed part of corresponding articulated jib Vertical device installed part 262) it is associated.The conversion 344 of arm mounting platform to executor installed part is then based in arm mounting platform and right The connecting rod of computer-aided equipment between the executor installed part answered and one of joint (such as corresponding assembling joint 240) Or more kinematics model and corresponding assembling joint 240 past and/or current joint sensors reading.

Remote centre of motion coordinate system 342 is (such as corresponding with the remote centre of motion of the apparatus on executor The corresponding remote centre of motion 274 of executor 260) it is associated.Executor installed part to remote centre of motion conversion 345 then Connecting rod and joint based on the computer-aided equipment between corresponding executor installed part and corresponding remote centre of motion (corresponding joint 264, corresponding connecting rod 266 and the corresponding bracket 268 of such as corresponding executor 260) it is one or more Individual kinematics model and the past and/or current joint sensors reading in corresponding joint 264.When corresponding long-range fortune When dynamic center is just maintaining fixed position relationship relative to corresponding executor installed part, such as in the embodiment of fig. 2, manipulate The conversion 345 of device installed part to remote centre of motion is included in the translation point of basic static constant when manipulation device and apparatus Amount and the dynamic rotary component changed in manipulation device and apparatus.

Apparatus coordinate system 343 and end effector (such as corresponding end effector 276) phase positioned at the distal end of apparatus Association.Remote centre of motion to apparatus conversion 346 then based on mobile and/or orient corresponding apparatus, end effector and remote The connecting rod of the computer-aided equipment in the journey centre of motion and one or more kinematics models in joint and it is past and/or Current joint sensors reading.In some instances, to consider axle (such as right for the conversion 346 of remote centre of motion to apparatus The axle 272 answered) orientation and axle of remote centre of motion are passed through relative to remote centre of motion advance and/or the distance recalled. In some instances, the conversion 346 of remote centre of motion to apparatus can reflect that the insertion axis of the axle of apparatus is worn with restrained Remote centre of motion is crossed, and considers the rotation of axle and end effector around the axis by axis limit.

In kinematics model 300, by using executor installed part coordinate system 351, remote centre of motion coordinate system 352nd, apparatus coordinate system 353, arm mounting platform to the conversion 354 of executor installed part, executor installed part into long-range motion The conversion 355 of the heart and remote centre of motion capture the kinematics of the second articulated jib in articulated jib to the conversion 356 of apparatus Relation.Executor installed part coordinate system 351 represent to be used for represent the position associated with executor (such as executor 260) and/ Or the appropriate model of orientation.Executor installed part (such as executor of executor installed part coordinate system 351 and corresponding articulated jib Installed part 262) it is associated.The conversion 354 of arm mounting platform to executor installed part is then pacified based on computer-aided equipment in arm Connecting rod and joint (such as corresponding assembling joint 240) between assembling platform and corresponding executor installed part it is one or more Individual kinematics model and the past and/or current joint sensors reading in corresponding assembling joint 240.

Remote centre of motion coordinate system 352 and the remote centre of motion of the executor on articulated jib are (such as corresponding Executor 260 corresponding remote centre of motion 274) it is associated.Conversion 355 of the executor installed part to remote centre of motion Then based on connecting rod of the computer-aided equipment between corresponding executor installed part and corresponding remote centre of motion and joint One of (corresponding joint 264, corresponding connecting rod 266 and the corresponding bracket 268 of such as corresponding executor 260) or more Multiple kinematics models and the past and/or current joint sensors reading in corresponding joint 264.When corresponding long-range When the centre of motion is just maintaining fixed position relationship relative to corresponding executor installed part, such as in the embodiment of fig. 2, The conversion 355 of installed part to remote centre of motion is included in the translational component of basic static constant when manipulation device and apparatus And the dynamic rotary component changed in manipulation device and apparatus.

Apparatus coordinate system 353 and end effector (such as corresponding apparatus 270 and/or the end positioned at the distal end of apparatus Actuator 276) it is associated.The conversion 356 of remote centre of motion to apparatus then based on movement and/or orients corresponding apparatus, end Hold the connecting rod of computer-aided equipment and one or more kinematics models in joint of actuator and remote centre of motion with And past and/or current joint sensors reading.In some instances, the conversion 356 of remote centre of motion to apparatus is examined Considered axle (such as corresponding axle 272) through remote centre of motion orientation and axle relative to remote centre of motion advance and/ Or the distance recalled.In some instances, the conversion 356 of remote centre of motion to apparatus can reflect the axle of apparatus with restrained Insertion axis pass through remote centre of motion, and consider axle and end effector and surround by the rotation of the axis of axis limit.

In kinematics model 300, by using executor installed part coordinate system 361, remote centre of motion coordinate system 362nd, camera coordinate system 363, arm mounting platform are to the conversion 364 of executor installed part, executor installed part to long-range motion The conversion 365 at center and remote centre of motion to video camera conversion 366, to capture the fortune of the 3rd articulated jib in articulated jib Dynamic relation.Executor installed part coordinate system 361 represents to be used to represent the position associated with executor (such as executor 260) And/or the appropriate model of orientation.Executor installed part coordinate system 361 (is such as grasped with the executor installed part of corresponding articulated jib Vertical device installed part 262) it is associated.The conversion 364 of arm mounting platform to executor installed part is then existed based on computer-aided equipment One of connecting rod and joint (such as corresponding assembling joint 240) between arm mounting platform and corresponding executor installed part or More kinematics models and the past and/or current joint sensors reading in corresponding assembling joint 240.

Remote centre of motion coordinate system 362 and the remote centre of motion of the executor on articulated jib are (such as corresponding Executor 260 corresponding remote centre of motion 274) it is associated.Conversion 365 of the executor installed part to remote centre of motion Then based on connecting rod of the computer-aided equipment between corresponding executor installed part and corresponding remote centre of motion and joint One of (corresponding joint 264, corresponding connecting rod 266 and the corresponding bracket 268 of such as corresponding executor 260) or more Multiple kinematics models and the past and/or current joint sensors reading in corresponding joint 264.When corresponding long-range When the centre of motion is just maintaining fixed position relationship relative to corresponding executor installed part, such as in the embodiment of fig. 2, The conversion 365 of installed part to remote centre of motion is included in the translational component of basic static constant when manipulation device and apparatus And the dynamic rotary component changed in manipulation device and apparatus.

Camera coordinate system 363 is associated with the imaging device (such as endoscope) on articulated jib.Long-range motion Center to video camera conversion 366 then based on mobile and/or orientation imaging device and corresponding remote centre of motion computer The connecting rod of auxiliary equipment and one or more kinematics models in joint and past and/or current joint sensors are read Number.In some instances, the conversion 366 of remote centre of motion to video camera considers axle (such as corresponding axle 272) through far The distance that the orientation and axle in the journey centre of motion are advanced and/or recalled relative to remote centre of motion.In some instances, remotely The conversion 366 of the centre of motion to video camera can reflect the insertion axis of the axle of imaging device through in remotely moving with restrained The heart, and consider rotation of the imaging device around the axis by axis limit.

As discussed above and further emphasize, Fig. 3 is only the one of the scope that should not exceedingly limit claims Individual example.It will be appreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art that many changes, substitutions and modifications.According to some embodiments, operating table Registration between computer-aided equipment can be sat by using registration transformation is substituted in table top coordinate system 310 and equipment base Determined between mark system 320.When using registration transformation is substituted, pass through the conversion 315 by registration transformation and pedestal to table top is substituted Inverse transformation/reciprocal transformation combination determine registration transformation 325.According to some embodiments, for entering to computer-aided equipment The coordinate system of row modeling and/or conversion can be performed according to the connecting rod of computer-aided equipment and joint, its articulated jib, its end Device, the particular configuration of its executor and/or its apparatus and be arranged differently.According to some embodiments, the seat of kinematics model 300 Mark system and conversion can be used for pair coordinate system associated with one or more virtual apparatuses and/or virtual video camera and a conversion It is modeled.In some instances, virtual apparatus and/or video camera can with it is previously stored and/or latch instrument positions, The projection of apparatus and/or video camera, the reference point defined by surgeon and/or other staff and/or all caused by motion It is associated as such.

As it was previously stated, when operating computer aided system (such as computer aided system 110 and/or 210), wishing Prestige allows to carry out continuous control to apparatus and end effector using computer-aided equipment, while allowing operating table (such as hand Art platform 170 and/or motion 280).In some instances, this allows time-consuming less program, because when operating table motion occurs Apparatus and end effector need not be removed from patient or will remain in the device inside patient before operating table is moved first Tool disconnects with apparatus to be coupled to the executor of computer-aided equipment.In some instances, this can optionally allow for surgery The movement of doctor and/or other medical workers when operating table motion occurs to organ is monitored, to obtain more preferably Operating table posture.In some instances, this can also optionally allow for actively continuing surgical procedure during operating table is moved.

Fig. 4 is the simplification figure for the method 400 moved according to the integrated surgical platform of some embodiments.One of method 400 or More processes 405-450 can be stored in executable on non-momentary, tangible machine readable media at least in part The form of code realizes that machine readable media is by one or more processors (such as processor in control unit 130 140) one or more process 405-450 of one or more computing devices can be caused when running.In some embodiments In, method 400 can be used for allowing occur operating table motion, without first from patient remove apparatus and end effector or The apparatus inside patient is will remain in before operating table is moved and apparatus is connected to the executor of computer-aided equipment Disconnect.Although one or more executors of computer-aided equipment are docked to patient, and/or one or more corresponding Apparatus is located at the inside of the anatomical structure of patient.In some instances, this can optionally allow for surgeon and/or other doctors Business personnel are monitored when operating table moves generation to the movement of organ, to obtain more preferably operating table posture.Show at some In example, this can also optionally allow for actively continuing surgical procedure during operating table is moved.According to some embodiments, performed Journey 405-450 order can be alternatively different from the order that Fig. 4 sketch is implied.In some instances, process 425 is matched somebody with somebody It will definitely perform or perform simultaneously with process 405,410 and/or 405 before process 405,410 and/or 405 with alternatively.One In a little examples, the registration of process 425 can be performed and/or repeated simultaneously with process 430-445.In some instances, process 430-445 can be performed simultaneously.

It is platform Motor preparation operating table and computer-aided equipment in art in process 405.In certain embodiments, generally Operating table (such as operating table 170 and/or 280) and computer-aided equipment (such as computer-aided equipment 110 and/or 210) various preparation process are performed before use in an integrated manner, are inserted in integration mode in the apparatus of computer-aided equipment Entering allows the motion of operating table while in patient.

Fig. 5 is being used for for the process of platform Motor preparation operating table and computer-aided equipment in art according to some embodiments 405 simplification figure.One or more process 510-570 of process 405 can be stored at least in part non-momentary, have The form of executable code on the machine readable media of shape realizes that machine readable media is by one or more processors (such as the processor 140 in control unit 130) can cause one or more computing devices one or more when running Individual process 510-570.In certain embodiments, process 405 can be used for preparing and/or configure operating table and area of computer aided is set It is standby so that when one or more apparatuses of computer-aided equipment are inserted into patient and/or one or more corresponding When being located at the inside of the anatomical structure of patient operating table motion can occur for apparatus.According to some embodiments, implementation procedure 510- 570 order can be alternatively different from the order that Fig. 5 sketch is implied.In some instances, the prevention operation of process 520 Repositioning for platform and computer-aided equipment can be before, during or after alternatively in process 510-540 any one Perform.For example, before preventing to reposition in process 520, patient can be placed on operating table and/or area of computer aided Equipment is oriented above patient.

In process 510, connection is set up between operating table and computer-aided equipment.In order to be carried in art during platform motion For appropriate security, computer-aided equipment is operated above operating table with ability to supervise so that no from meter The motion of operating table is not performed in the case of the mandate of calculation machine auxiliary equipment.In order to provide the supervision to operating table, in operating table Communication connection is set up between computer-aided equipment.In some instances, communication connection can correspond to the embodiment such as Fig. 1 Described in operating table 170 and control unit 130 between interface.In some instances, connection can include infrared proximity Property detecting system, with help to verify operating table and computer-aided equipment each other suitably approach.In some instances, it is suitable red External transmitter and/or detector can be installed on the pedestal of operating table and on the pedestal of computer-aided equipment, in not The position that may be covered by the other equipment in operating room and/or intervention suite and/or medical worker.When infrared transmitter and inspection When survey device is moved in mutual scope, various identifiers, key and/or message can be exchanged, it allows operating table and calculating Machine auxiliary equipment confirms that they are close to the compatible equipment that platform is moved in support art and can set up lasting connection.At some In example, these message can alternatively include being used for the message of coordination connection, the message for operating table motion request, be used for Ratify the message of operating table motion request, for message of swap status and/or kinematics information and/or the like.One In a little examples, wireless connection, near-field communication based on radiofrequency signal and/or the like can alternatively be used as infrared proximity The replacement and/or supplement of property detecting system.In some instances, one or more cables can alternatively be coupled in operating table On corresponding COM1 and computer-aided equipment between, as to infrared proximity detecting system or other communication systems Replace and/or supplement.In some instances, one or more cables can replace and/or provide superfluous in establishment of connection It is remaining.In certain embodiments, connection can additionally include one or more plant equipment, to help in operating table and computer Registration is carried out between auxiliary equipment, as described in detail further below.

In process 520, the repositioning of operating table and computer-aided equipment is prevented from.Because operating table and computer aided manufacturing Help equipment that all there is limited range of movement, and in order to help to maintain the registration between operating table and computer-aided equipment, The relative position of operating table and computer-aided equipment is prevented from during platform motion in art.Therefore, operating table and meter are being allowed Calculation machine auxiliary equipment enters a certain moment before platform motor pattern (referring to following process 420) in art, prevent operating table and The further repositioning of computer-aided equipment.In some instances, this can also prevent the pedestal and computer of operating table Relative motion between the pedestal of auxiliary equipment.In certain embodiments, can be by locking the pedestal or computer of operating table One or more pin, wheel and/or the installs fixture of the pedestal of auxiliary equipment prevent operating table and computer-aided equipment Reposition so that in art during platform motion, the pedestal of operating table and computer-aided equipment all can not on floor rolling, Moved along wall or along operating room and/or intervene the ceiling of suite and move and/or along moving playing surface.In some examples In, when sleeve pipe is installed to more in executor or apparatus, pin, wheel and/or the installs fixture of computer-aided equipment It can be automatically locked upon calling a subroutine.In some instances, the shape that pin, wheel and/or installs fixture are locked during the entire process of platform movement in art State is monitored by using one or more sensors.In some instances, when detecting pin, wheel and/or installs fixture When lock is lost, the premature end that platform is moved in art may be caused.In some instances, the pedestal and/or computer aided manufacturing of operating table Help the motion of any one of the pedestal of equipment can be by monitoring the sequence number being associated with corresponding pin, wheel or installs fixture come really It is fixed.In some instances, in tracking pin, wheel and installs fixture lock each engagement and/or the sequence number of the number of times departed from can For determining that one or more instantaneous locks are lost.The rotary encoder and/or revolution meter associated with each wheel It can be monitored, to detect the rotation of any one wheel.Pedestal and/or computer of the change of any sequence number there is provided operating table The repositioning of the pedestal of auxiliary equipment has occurred and that or occurent instruction.

In process 530, patient is placed on operating table.In some instances, the medical practice of hospital and/or suggestion can For patient is placed on operating table, patient is fixed on operating table, and verify whether patient correctly fixes. In some examples, patient is placed on operating table and be may further include：For example, by by gradient and/or Te Lundelunbai Clinostatism, which is set, to be adjusted to middle zero degree to make the table top of operating table into level.In some instances, patient can be located at operating table The center of table top and/or the sliding part of operating table can be adjusted so that operating table table top operating table radial type structure It is upper placed in the middle.In some instances, the height of operating table can also be adjusted.In some instances, the isocenter point of operating table is (all Such as isocenter point 286) it can alternatively be adjusted to the point that being approximately corresponding to above the table top of operating table is expected operative site. In some instances, this point can be located above the table top of operating table at about 35cm.In some instances, isocenter point 286 Can at or near one of body opening corresponding to remote centre of motion 274 (such as cutting part or body orifice) with trouble The body wall juxtaposition of person.In some instances, isocenter point is positioned at one or more remote centre of motion and/or expected Can be reduced at or near operative site must be by area of computer aided when carrying out Trend adjustment on operating table The amount for the operating table motion that equipment is compensated.

In process 540, computer-aided equipment is directed above patient.In order to allow enough motions during program Scope, articulated jib, end effector and/or the executor of computer-aided equipment be placed based on desired operative site and It is oriented on patient.In some instances, this assembling structure that can include Adjustable calculation machine auxiliary equipment and/or assembling joint In one or more joints so that apparatus, end effector and/or executor are positioned on desired operative site Side or surrounding.Consistent with Fig. 2 embodiment, this orientation can include making arm mounting platform 227 be located at desired Surgery The center of position, turning arm mounting platform 227 causes the articulated jib for being installed to arm mounting platform 227 to surround desired operative site Arrangement, and/or adjust the height of arm mounting platform 227.For perform this orientation possible target and/or operation it is more detailed Thin discussion is more fully described in following application：That submits on July 15th, 2014 is entitled " for being aligned with reference target System and method (System and Method for Aligning with a Reference Target) " the U.S. face When patent application US62/024,887, on March 17th, 2014 submit entitled " be used for system and the side being aligned with reference target The U.S. Provisional Patent Application of method (System and Method for Aligning with a Reference Target) " Entitled " system and method (the System for maintaining instrument posture submitted on March 17th, UD61/954,261 and 2015 And Method for Maintaining a Tool Pose) " PCT Patent Application No.PCT/US 15/21089, these Each in application is incorporated herein by reference.

In process 550, imaging device is disposed.In order to provide operative site to surgeon and/or other medical workers Image, can be docked to patient by imaging device.In some instances, otch can be formed in patients, and sleeve pipe is inserted Enter the outside anatomical structure by patient (such as by stomach wall).Then sleeve pipe be attached to one of executor (such as corresponding to The executor of remote centre of motion coordinate system 362) distal end.Imaging device (such as endoscope) can be installed to behaviour as apparatus Vertical device, is then inserted through sleeve pipe, to obtain the internal image of patient anatomy.

In process 560, desired operative site is targeted to.Once imaging device is inserted through sleeve pipe, just adjustment is installed One or more joints and/or executor in the assembling joint of imaging device are to orient imaging device.Then, imaging device It is oriented such that it has the direction of observation towards desired operative site, and corresponding camera coordinate system is (such as Camera coordinate system 363) direction of observation axis be directed in a same direction.Imaging device can also be inserted and/or removed Return to desired working depth.In some instances, imaging device can also be rotated in the image of capture and corresponding There is provided in camera coordinate system and suitably look up orientation.In some instances, one or more passes in assembling joint Section and/or executor can be placed in released state, to allow medical worker to be adjusted to the orientation as equipment manually.In some realities Apply in example, once being targeted to desired operative site, additional adjustment can be carried out to computer-aided equipment, preferably will Computer-aided equipment is oriented in above patient.In some instances, alignment procedure can be used, such as July 15 in 2014 That submits day is entitled " for system and method (the System and Method for Aligning being aligned with reference target With a Reference Target) " U.S. Provisional Patent Application US62/024,887, the mark submitted on March 17th, 2014 It is entitled " to be used for system and method (the System and Method for Aligning with a being aligned with reference target Reference Target) " U.S. Provisional Patent Application US61/954,261 and submitted March 17 within 2015 it is entitled " system and method (System and Method for Maintaining a Tool Pose) for maintaining instrument posture " Alignment procedure in greater detail in PCT Patent Application No.PCT/US 15/21089, in these applications each of by drawing With being incorporated herein.

In optional process 570, additional executor and apparatus can be disposed.Use the process similar with process 550, one Individual or more additional apparatus can be mounted to corresponding executor and be inserted into patient by using corresponding sleeve pipe It is interior.Then the end effector of apparatus is placed in the appropriate posture of present procedure.

Referring back to Fig. 4, in process 410, receive platform in art and be moved into request.In some instances, by from behaviour Operate platform and/or computer-aided equipment medical worker rapid requests enter art in platform motor pattern.In some examples In, the medical worker of operation computer-aided equipment can be by using one or more input controls on operator's work station Device processed (such as pedal, switch, button, graphical user interface control and/or the like) asks platform in art to be moved into. In some instances, the medical worker (such as anesthetist) of operation platform can be by using one or more operating table controls Device (button on the operating table order unit of such as operating table) processed asks platform in art to be moved into.In some instances, In art platform be moved into request can as one received in the connection between operating table and computer-aided equipment or more Multiple message and/or by system control unit (such as control unit 130) receive one or more message and received. In some examples, in art platform be moved into request can be in response to the establishment of connection between operating table and computer-aided equipment And detect at least one apparatus and have been fitted into executor and be already inserted into patient and occur automatically.

Fig. 6 is the simplification figure of a part for the operating table order unit 600 according to some embodiments.As shown in fig. 6, operation The size and dimension of platform order unit 600, which is similar to, is usually used in consumer-elcetronics devices (such as television set, digital video recorder And/or the like) remote control.In some instances, operating table order unit 600 can be coupled to by using cable Operating table, with logical between controller, electronic device and/or the processor in buttressing operation platform order unit 600 and operating table Letter.In some instances, operating table order unit 600 can be alternatively by use wave point (such as infrared interface, radio frequency Interface and/or near field interface) it is coupled to operating table.Operating table order unit 600 is divided into various regions, wherein each area Domain provides load button and/or status information.In some instances, it alternatively can manipulate the illumination of each button which is indicated A little buttons can be used for input operating table motion command.For example, available active button is illuminated, disabled inactive buttons does not have It is illuminated.In some instances, illuminating color can alternatively be used (such as the green of activity and for inactive It is red) illuminated to replace eliminating from inactive buttons.

Operating table order unit 600 includes platform in optional art and is moved into button 610.Operating table order unit 600 Operator can use platform in art to be moved into button 610 to enter and/or exit platform motor pattern in art.When in method 400 Platform is moved into button 610 and can triggered when period uses operating table order unit 600, in pressing art connects during process 410 Platform is moved into request in the art of receipts.In some instances, in art platform be moved into button 610 can controllably be illuminated with refer to The condition of showing is appropriate in art that platform is moved, as being discussed in further detail below in relation to process 415.

Operating table order unit 600 may further include transmission locking press button 620 and unblock button 630, and it can be used In the locking of the pin and/or wheel of control operating table.In some instances, can during process 520 using locking press button 620 with Realize the locking of the pin and/or wheel of operating table.In some instances, when the pin and/or locked wheel of operating table, locking press button 620 can be illuminated.In some instances, can be with when operating table and computer-aided equipment are in platform motor pattern in art Disable unblock button 630.

Operating table order unit 600 further comprises several movement request buttons 640.Mobile request button 640 can be with For carrying out operating table movement request in the platform motion in the art of operating table and under other operator schemes.As shown in fig. 6, mobile Button 640 is asked to include the button of the table top for leftward or rightward tilt-table, the Te Lundelun for adjusting operating table The button that primary clinostatism is set, and for adjusting button of the table top relative to the height on floor of operating table.Depending on operating table Operator scheme and/or whether reach range of movement limit, each mobile request button 640 can controllably be illuminated to indicate Whether corresponding mobile request button 640 is movable.For example, when operating table extends to its whole height, can be from height Rise button (height up button) and remove illumination.Although not shown in figure 6, in operating table order unit 600 On can include additional mobile request button, such as controlling, longitudinal sliding motion, head are upward, head is downward, pin is upward, pin is downward And/or the like button.

Operating table order unit 600 further comprises status display area 650.Status display area 650 includes being used to refer to Show the state of operating table and/or the multi-line display of setting and/or raster display.Status display area 650 can include one Row or multirow status information and/or one or more Status icons.In the example of fig. 6, status display area 650 includes using The Status icons of platform motion state, pin/wheel/installs fixture locking, communication connection and electric power in art, and indicate Te Lundelun The statusline of the current setting of primary clinostatism orientation, gradient, height, slip, leg, the back of the body and/or the like.

Although not shown in figure 6, operating table order unit 600 can include the button added and/or state is aobvious Show region.In some instances, additional buttons can include being used for controlling the electric power of operating table, automatic leveling operating table, by hand The button that art platform and computer-aided equipment are disconnected and/or the like.

Referring back to Fig. 4, in process 415, it is determined whether allow platform in art to move.In order to provide operating table and computer aided manufacturing The appropriate security helped in the operation of equipment, enters in art in license and performs some safety interlocks and/or inspection before platform motion. In some instances, checking can include verifying each having been carried out in process 510-570.For example, this can include Verify operating table and computer-aided equipment is initialized, pin, wheel and/or the installation of operating table and computer-aided equipment Fixture is all locked, and at least one apparatus has been fitted into executor and is inserted into patient.

In certain embodiments, additional optional inspection can also be performed.In some instances, additional examination can be wrapped Include verification and there are surgeon and/or other staff at operator's console.In some instances, this includes：Confirm any Suitable interlocking (front end sensors on such as monitor, monitor shows the image from the imaging device for being docked to patient) Indicate the motion that there is the apparatus in operator's visual supervisory insertion patient.In some instances, additional examination can include： Verify the apparatus for being installed to executor and being inserted beyond correspondence sleeve pipe end effector be in during process 550 deployment into In the visual field of picture equipment.This helps to ensure that operator can observe the apparatus of any insertion in art during platform motion.One In a little examples, additional examination can include：Such as used by operator positioned at arm mounting platform 227, assembling joint and connecting rod 240 and/or come with the unblock button for being installed to executor and being inserted on the associated executor 260 of any apparatus in patient The joint of verification computer auxiliary equipment is not manually released.In some instances, additional examination can include：Monitor these Check to determine one or more joints of computer-aided equipment whether at or approximately at range of movement limit and/or calculating Whether machine assisted surgery equipment is successfully changing the posture of apparatus to compensate operating table motion.In some instances, add Inspection can include：Planned program is assessed whether in the list of the program compatible with platform motion in art, with docking arm phase The insertion point of the sleeve pipe of association whether can be provided for sleeve pipe enough rigidity with patient due to art in platform motion move when Support the traction of sleeve pipe and apparatus, and/or be installed to executor apparatus it is whether compatible with platform motion in art.In some examples In, incompatible apparatus can be for the apparatus of heart, the apparatus of direct oral cavity and/or for not compatible with platform motion in art Program list on other programs apparatus.In some instances, additional examination can include associated with spacing inspection The inspection that confirms of one or more operators, be used for art to determine whether operating table and/or computer-aided equipment have Enough gaps of middle motion, such as due to obstacle that patient, surgical drage, cable and/or the like cause.In some examples In, additional examination can include determining that articulated jib, executor and/or the apparatus installed whether in action and/or operation and There is no unacceptable degeneration.In some instances, additional examination can also include other systems, calibration and/or similar inspection.

When not allowing in art platform to move, platform motion is prevented by processor into art, and in art platform be moved into please Ask and be rejected.In some instances, when platform motion is prevented from art, one or more infomational messages, police can be sent Report and/or analog, to explain preventing platform in art to move why.In some instances, asked once have rejected platform motion in art Ask, then method returns to process 410, until receiving platform motion request in another art.When allowing platform motion in art, from mistake Journey 420 initially enters platform in art and moved.

In process 420, platform is moved into art.Received during process 410 platform in art be moved into request and into Work(by the safety interlock of process 415 and/or inspection after, it is allowed to computer-aided equipment and operating table start in art platform and transported It is dynamic.Because patient may be moved in art during platform motion due to the movement of the table top of operating table, the articulated jib of docking Remote centre of motion must also move, with avoid to sleeve pipe through the body opening at the body wall of patient apply it is excessive should Power.In some instances, for the power that the body wall mitigated by patient is applied to sleeve pipe, computer-aided equipment is placed in following Pattern, in this mode one or more joints in the assembling joint of each articulated jib and/or executor be released and/ Or unlock to allow corresponding remote centre of motion to move, it is inserted into wherein each articulated jib has by body opening in patient Apparatus.In some instances, when articulated jib effective mass and/or be released and/or unblock joint in friction foot Enough hours, the body wall of patient can apply enough power to sleeve pipe so that by using the side of sometimes referred to as " apparatus traction " Formula comes the sleeve pipe and corresponding executor that traction device is inserted and assembling joint to make remote centre of motion and patient one Play movement.Therefore, the premise drawn as apparatus, insertion patient in each installation apparatus each assembling joint and/or One or more joints in executor are released and/or unlocked.In some instances, alternatively mended using gravity or quality Pattern is repaid, wherein the motion in the joint of joint, executor and/or apparatus, and introducing pair are assembled in tracking during apparatus is drawn The joint motions answered assemble joint, executor and apparatus massless or the almost effect of massless to produce.

Situation about often having is, before operating table movement starts, the apparatus of the body wall of patient just to being inserted Sleeve pipe apply the power (asserted force) declared and/or press power (pent up force).In some instances, when The remote centre of motion of these apparatuses not with corresponding body opening well juxtaposition when, it may occur however that these press powers, this It is due to that mistake in the kinematic control of apparatus, the motion of patient are not due to that operating table motion is caused, patient It is blown into change, stress and/or the like as caused by executor earlier and/or apparatus work.Therefore, when joint is released And/or during unblock, apparatus traction may cause the undesirable motion of apparatus and/or end effector, so as to mitigate press power. When it is this it is undesirable motion it is sufficiently large when, the injury to patient and/or the damage to computer-aided equipment may be caused. In some examples, by monitoring remote centre of motion and/or end effector when joint is released and/or is unlocked and using Other joints and/or executor for assembling joint apply compensation campaign, can be substantially reduced this undesirable motion.One In a little embodiments, undesirable motion can be substantially reduced, while also alternatively permit operation person is led at operator's console Cross using technology comes one or more apparatuses of Constant manipulation and end effector in greater detail in documents below：2015 Entitled " system and method (the System and Method for for reducing instrument interference submitted on March 17, in Reducing Tool Disturbances) " U.S. Provisional Patent Application US62/134,212 and the title submitted simultaneously " to be used for system and method (the System and Method for Instrument Disturbance of apparatus interference compensation Compensation attorney) " is ISRG07010PCT/70228.490WO01 PCT Patent Application, the two Application is all hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety by quoting.In some instances, can also be by staggeredly and/or carefully controlling joint The amount of undesirable motion is reduced to a series of smaller interference by the order and/or sequential of release and/or unblock, is such as existed Entitled " system and method (the System and Method for for reducing instrument interference submitted on March 17th, 2015 Reducing Tool Disturbances) " U.S. Provisional Patent Application US62/134,225 and the title submitted simultaneously " to carry Medical Devices (the Medical Device with Active Brake Release of active brake release control Control attorney docket) " for ISRG06990PCT/70228.488WO01 PCT Patent Application in be more fully described , the two applications are all hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety by quoting.

According to some embodiments, in order to help to support that platform is moved in art, record and/or lock before platform motion in entering art One or more kinematic relations (such as Fig. 3 conversion) of operating table and/or computer-aided equipment are deposited, with the platform in art Motion provides position and the reference recording of orientation of executor, apparatus and/or end effector before being allowed to.In some examples In, record kinematic relation before operating table motion is entered.In some instances, during in process 550 docking into When being completed as the repositioning of equipment, kinematic relation is alternatively recorded.When occurring that platform is moved in art, reference recording can Selection of land is used for the motion for detecting the executor as caused by the motion of operating table, apparatus and/or end effector so that can be automatic Compensate the motion of those initiations.

According to some embodiments, occurs the transition period long enough that platform is moved into art, to allow to discharge press power, together Shi Jixu compensates the undesirable motion as caused by press power.In some instances, transition period can be several seconds long, such as 2.5 seconds or so.In some instances, during platform is moved into transition period in art, alternatively permit operation person's control instrument And/or end effector.

In process 425, registering operating table and computer-aided equipment.In order to support in art platform to move, it is helpful be to Partially registering operating table and computer-aided equipment, to determine the relative positioning between operating table and computer-aided equipment And/or orientation.As discussed above with respect to registration transformation 325, it is assumed that the base coordinate system and area of computer aided of operating table are set Standby base coordinate system have common axis or Z axis and the pedestal of known computer auxiliary equipment straight up relative to The height of the pedestal of operating table, the registration, which can be characterized as being, to be determined on the pedestal of operation sewing platform base and computer-aided equipment Reference point between horizontal translation or XY translation and/or operation sewing platform base and patient-side stroller between rotation relationship. In some examples, rotation relationship or θ_ZRegistration can contemplate the pedestal of computer-aided equipment relative to operating table straight up Axis or Z axis orientation (for example, be that the pedestal of computer-aided equipment is aligned with operating table, or due to the pedestal of operating table The rotation of the pedestal of rotation and/or computer-aided equipment on floor and cause relative to operating table at an angle).

According to some embodiments, registration forces known geometric relationship by using between operating table and patient-side stroller One or more physics registration apparatus are determined.In some instances, physics registration apparatus can be pushed away including locking patient-side Car is relative to the position of operating table and/or one or more bars of orientation, frame (jig) and/or the like.In some examples In, the technology for being come registering operating table and computer-aided equipment using physics registration apparatus is described in further detail Entitled " method and apparatus (the Methods and Devices for remote operation platform registration submitted on March 17th, 2015 For Tele-Surgical Table Registration) " PCT Patent Application PCT/US 2015/20891 in, the Shen Please it is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety by quoting.

According to some embodiments, registering geometrical relationship is by using one or more radial types and/or flexible registration Equipment determines, known location and/or take that registration apparatus is used to determine between the known point on operating table and patient-side stroller To.In some instances, registration apparatus can include the radial type structure with one or more sensors, one or more Individual sensor is used for position and/or the orientation for reporting one or more joints of radial type structure, from these positions and/or takes To the geometrical relationship between two ends of the kinematics model of registration structure to determine radial type structure can be used.In some examples In, registration apparatus can include the optical fiber with nucleus, and nucleus has along many of the whole length positioning of core Individual Fiber Bragg Grating FBG.In some instances, the challenger for optical fiber can be used for the bending and distortion of detection fiber, with Determine the geometrical relationship between the end of optical fiber.In some instances, optical fiber was used for being similar to June 30 in 2008 The United States Patent (USP) US7,720,322 of entitled " optical fiber shape sensor (Fiber Optic Shape Sensor) " that day submits In the technology that is more fully described determine the registration between operating table and computer-aided equipment, the patent is by quoting with it It is integrally incorporated herein.

According to some embodiments, how registering geometrical relationship can be caused based on observation operating table movement is led by apparatus The motion of the remote centre of motion of the computer-aided equipment drawn is determined.In some instances, observed operating table movement (such as button 640 can be asked with because the operating table that operator is carried out moves request and/or by registering by using mobile Program starts the controlled sequence of operating table movement) and the operating table movement of generation is associated.In some instances, registration can be sent out Life is determining θ first_ZIn the stage of registration followed by level or XY registrations.In some instances, XY registrations can be periodically Occur, until observing both gradient and Trend movement.In some instances, by registering operating table and based on The technology of calculation machine auxiliary equipment, which is described in further detail submitted on March 17th, 2015 entitled, " is used for registering operating table System and method (System and Method for Registering to a Surgical Table) " the U.S. face When patent application US62/134,296 and submit simultaneously entitled " be used for the system and method (System of registering operating table And Method for Registering to a Surgical Table) " attorney be ISRG06960PCT/ 70228.486WO01 PCT Patent Application in, the two application all by quote be hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

In process 430, perform operating table motion to realize surgical operation function.Once enter during process 420 in art Platform is moved and the interference caused by the joint release and/or unblock for permitting apparatus traction is compensated, operating table Motion begin to.In general, thus operating table motion is received operating table and is moved using request-inspection-mobile process of iteration Dynamic request, whether the movement asked is evaluated to determine allow, and operating table movement is then performed after approval is received. In this iterative program, if allow operating table to move and controlled by computer-aided equipment so that allow operating table to move It is dynamic to occur within the ability of computer-aided equipment, to respond appropriately to and compensate operating table movement, while keeping patient, hand The appropriate security of art platform and/or computer-aided equipment.

Fig. 7 is the simplification figure for being used to perform the process 430 of operating table motion according to some embodiments.Can be at least partly Ground carrys out one of implementation process 430 in the form of being stored in non-momentary, executable code on tangible machine readable media Or more process 710-760, machine readable media is (such as (more in control unit 130 by one or more processors It is individual) processor 140) operation when can cause one or more process 710-760 of one or more computing devices.One In a little embodiments, process 430 can be used for the request-inspection-mobile process for performing iteration.In some instances, in process 430 The moving recording of period can be optionally for one or more complementary procedure platform motor patterns be supported, it moves operating table Leave the position that may not be sufficiently responded to and/or can not be adequately compensated for by computer-aided equipment by computer-aided equipment And/or orientation.

According to some embodiments, implementation procedure 430 is carried out using the control circulation repeated.In some instances, when receiving During each operating table movement request, each operating table movement is handled as described below using process 710-760 and is asked, then quickly Continuously repetitive process 710-760 receives, ratifies and moved using continuous operating table the impression for asking stream to provide. In some examples, when operator presses and pins mobile request button (such as moving any one in request button 640), quilt Button is asked just to be employed always as long as the operating table movement of approval shows as pinning moving.In some instances, process 710-760 Repetitive controller loop is per second to complete multiple, such as per 10ms once.In some instances, once mobile ask quilt Ratify and press identical movement request button, then allow operating table to move, until range of movement limit, imminent touch Hit, operator ceases and desist order and/or some revocations of other event triggerings to the approval of mobile request.

In process 710, operating table movement request is received.In some instances, surgeon and/or other medical personnel make Start operating table movement request with operator's work station (work station that such as reference picture 1 is discussed).In some instances, perform the operation Platform movement request can use operating table order unit (such as by surgeon and/or other medical workers (such as anesthetist) Operating table order unit 600) start.In some instances, operating table movement request can correspond to mobile request button 640 In the pressing of one and pin.In some instances, can be by the way that operating table order unit be coupled into the one of control unit Operating table is moved control unit (such as control unit that request is sent to computer-aided equipment by individual or more communication connection 130).In some instances, can be by activating motion control application program (such as motion control for computer-aided equipment Application program 160 processed) in one or more API Calls come start operating table movement request.

In process 720, it is determined whether allow operating table to move.In certain embodiments, it is determined whether allow operating table to move It is dynamic can based on for determined whether during process 415 in platform is moved in art inspection any one or more. In some instances, represent to continue operating table and computer-aided equipment during platform is moved in art using identical inspection Monitoring, with the security for ensuring patient, operating table and/or computer-aided equipment to remain appropriate.In some instances, check Can alternatively it include following one or more：Confirm pin, wheel and/or the installation folder of operating table and computer-aided equipment Tool keeps locking, confirms that surgeon and/or other operators still head are located on operator's console forward, confirms to be installed to The end effector of the apparatus of the articulated jib of docking is in the visual field of imaging device and/or is retracted into corresponding sleeve pipe, really Recognize computer-aided equipment and still track ongoing operating table motion, confirm that computer-aided equipment and operating table enter Row communication and/or the like.In some instances, one or more inspections can also include validating that platform moves the phase in art Between the mobile type asked be licensed.In some instances, mobile type licensed during platform motion in art can be with The subset of the possible movement of operating table is restricted to, such as height adjustment, Slope angle adjustment, Trend adjustment And/or slide adjustment.In some instances, can be based on the operating table allowed the movement determined during process 760 really It is fixed further to limit licensed mobile type, as discussed in further detail below.In some instances, can also basis Whether the registration of process 425 has completed to limit the type of licensed movement.In some instances, when the hinge less than three Connect arm and/or when executor is docked to patient, it is registering between operating table and computer-aided equipment due to determining enough Limited in one's ability, the type of operating table motion is restricted to height and adjusted.When computer-aided equipment allows and/or granted to be asked Operating table movement when, perform with process 730 start movement before check range of movement (ROM) limit.When not allowing hand During the movement request of art platform, ignore operating table movement request, and wait the movement of another operating table to ask by using process 710 And continue process 430.In some instances, can be at operator's console when not allowing operating table movement request Surgeon and/or the medical worker of operation platform order unit provide one or more audios and/or visual alarm.

In process 730, determine computer-aided equipment whether at or approximately at range of movement limit.Except in process 720 Period perform inspection outside, to for compensate operating table movement assembling joint and/or executor in joint be monitored, To determine them whether at or approximately at range of movement limit.When the joint in one of them is at or approximately at range of movement limit When, this indicate corresponding articulated jib may not adequately compensate for by corresponding sleeve pipe corresponding remote centre of motion device Moved caused by tool traction caused by apparatus and/or end effector.In some instances, range of movement limit include by The hard range of movement limit caused by the physical characteristic in joint, hard range of movement limit disapproves joint movement and exceedes specific limit Degree.In some instances, the soft motion set at the point before range of movement limit is included in corresponding hard range of movement limit Range limits, soft range of movement limit helps to stop movement before joint reaches hard range of movement limit.In some examples In, soft range of movement limit can be configured to the whole motion model of the corresponding joint before corresponding hard range of movement limit The fixed percentage enclosed, such as 1%, 2% or 5%.In some instances, with predictive mode application range of movement limit, its The similar movement that the current location in middle joint and the present speed in joint are used for prediction continuation may cause to reach motion quickly Range limits.When each joint of computer-aided equipment is not at or kept off corresponding range of movement limit, from process 740 start to perform operating table movement.When one or more joints of computer-aided equipment are at or approximately at corresponding motion During range limits, the operating table movement of correction is performed using process 760.In some instances, when computer-aided equipment , can be alternatively to outer at operator's console when one or more joints are at or approximately at corresponding range of movement limit Section doctor and/or the medical worker of operation platform order unit provide one or more audios and/or visual alarm.

In process 740, asked operating table movement is performed.It is determined that allowing asked operation during process 720 Platform moves and will not interfere with computer-aided equipment benefit in the range of movement limit of process 730 period computer-aided equipment After the ability for repaying operating table movement, it is allowed to which operating table performs asked operating table movement.In some instances, for calculating One or more message are sent in one's hands by the control unit of machine auxiliary equipment via the connection for example set up during process 510 Art platform.One or more authorization of messages operating tables perform asked operating table movement.In some instances, by operation One or more actuators in the radial type structure (such as radial type structure 290) of platform send order and/or signal to hold The asked operating table movement of row.As some examples, when the operating table movement asked is the height to the table top of operating table During adjustment, correspondingly one or more actuators of activation control operating table height, and work as asked operating table When movement is Trend adjustment, correspondingly the table top of activation control operating table surrounds the Te Lundelunbai of isocenter point One or more actuators of clinostatism angle.

In some instances, the operating table movement asked can be alternatively realized as the corresponding speed to actuator Order so that as long as pinning operating table movement request button and ratifying moves request, one or more actuators just with Suitable speed moves the table top of operating table.In some instances, speed be selected as provide operating table motion rapidity it Between good compromise, as computer-aided equipment compensate operating table motion and/or allow medical staff monitors' operating table peace Full movement, computer-aided equipment are balanced relative to the ability of the movement of patient, the movement of patient and/or the like. In some instances, speed is limited in：It is per second to be less than 3 degree (for example for gradient and/or Trend adjustment 1.5 degree per second) and/or be per second 1 to 3cm (such as 2cm per second) for height and/or slip adjustment.

In optional process 750, in order to preferably support the recovery from potential Future movement range limits problem, in mistake The operating table the asked movement performed during journey 740 is recorded.In some instances, operating table movement is recorded in memory In (such as memory 150).In some instances, operating table movement is recorded in data structure, data structure records hand Art platform movement type (for example operating table upwards, be tilted to the right, reverse Trend), operating table movement distance, Duration and/speed and optional timestamp.In some instances, data structure can at least support last in, first out to visit The storehouse, doubly linked list and/or other data structures of pattern are asked, the order of the movement recorded with toilet can be reversed to cancel The motion that is recorded and avoid range of movement limit and/or other problemses.In some instances, operating table movement can be remembered Record is in daily record and/or other kinds of file.When recording operating table movement, operating table is moved by returning to process 710 And continue, to receive the movement request of another operating table.

In process 760, operating table motion is limited.When one or more joints of computer-aided equipment are in or connect During nearly corresponding range of movement limit, computer-aided equipment is used to limit the possible motion that operating table can be produced.For This several method is possible.

In certain embodiments, kinematics model (such as Fig. 3 kinematics mould of operating table and computer-aided equipment Type) it can be used for assessing one or more potential operating table movements.In some instances, possible operating table is assessed successively On the move each, such as height rises, highly declines, is tilted to the left, being tilted to the right, Trend, reversely forward Trend and/or slip, to determine whether possible operating table movement will make the joint court of computer-aided equipment To or away from the movement of corresponding range of movement limit.In some instances, using the motion of operating table and computer-aided equipment Learn the registration transformation between model and operating table and computer-aided equipment to plan each possible operating table movement, with true How fixed possible operating table movement will influence each remote centre of motion.In some instances, the correspondence of each articulated jib is refined Then be determined for relation between the motion in one or more joints of articulated jib than matrix, one of articulated jib or More joints are at or approximately at corresponding range of movement limit and corresponding remote centre of motion.When the long-range motion planned When the movement that center is moved and Jacobian matrix is predicted is consistent with the movement away from corresponding range of movement limit, permit corresponding Possible operating table movement.The movement predicted when the remote centre of motion movement planned and Jacobian matrix with towards corresponding When the movement of range of movement limit is consistent, corresponding possible operating table motion is disapproved.In some instances, by correspondence Range of movement limit at or near from it is associated with joint it is refined can extract in matrix arrange and obtain with planned it is long-range The dot product of centre of motion movement, it is mobile whether consistent with movement towards and/or away from corresponding range of movement limit to determine. When dot product is bears, the movement planned is consistent with the movement towards corresponding range of movement.In some instances, dot product Configurable threshold value can be used to determine whether permit planned motion.In some instances, when configurable threshold value is When zero, forbid joint towards the movement of corresponding range of movement limit.In some instances, when configurable threshold value is slightly negative When, then it will permit the smaller movement towards corresponding range of movement limit.In some instances, possible operating table movement can be with Produce and enable/disable decision for different remote centre of motion and the different of correspondence apparatus.In some instances, it can configure Threshold value is the allowable level for the possible impact evaluation of amount born.In some instances, when due to commenting any remote centre of motion When estimating and forbidding possible operating table movement, possible operating table is forbidden to move.Therefore, tested based on each dot product, Ke Yiping Each possible operating table movement is estimated, to determine whether they should be licensed and/or forbid.

In certain embodiments, can be (such as registering based on the registration transformation between operating table and computer-aided equipment 325) whether known and/or registration transformation is known which kind of degree to limit what the movement of potential operating table was estimated to for conversion Ability.In some instances, occur when no with time, operating table movement can be limited to height and adjust.In some instances, when When operating table and computer-aided equipment all have common axis or Z axis straight up, the height adjustment of operating table can be with It is mapped to the vertical shift in remote centre of motion so that the corresponding motion influenceed by the vertical shift of remote centre of motion Range limits are evaluated, to permit and/or forbid height to adjust.In some instances, when XY registrations are that part is matched somebody with somebody on time (such as Because both gradient movement and Trend movement are not observed during process 425), with inclination movement and spy An associated possible operating table movement is evaluated what is observed in the movement of Lun Delunbai clinostatisms, and and inclination movement It is prohibited with Trend another associated possible operating table movement on the move.In some instances, when Possible operating table movement includes the Te Lundelunbai that may be limited by the range of movement limit in the slip adjustment of operating table When clinostatism is moved, possible operating table movement can include isocenter point does not have the Te Lundelunbai of centering to neutralizing isocenter point Clinostatism is moved.

In certain embodiments, the history based on the operating table movement of record during process 750 is moved to limit operating table It is dynamic.In some instances, the nearest movement that operating table motion is restricted to operating table is opposite.Nearest by reversion Operating table is moved, and patient moves up in the direction in opposite direction of the range of movement limit with causing to detect during process 730 It is dynamic.As a result, the remote centre of motion of apparatus inverts its direction, and apparatus is drawn for making assembling joint and/or executor Joint is away from range of movement limit.In certain embodiments, process 760 is used to realize the feature of " returning to incoming road " to avoid motion Scope is limited.According to the implementation, the reversion of the operating table movement recorded can be with semiautomatic fashion and/or by hand Operator's suggestion operating table of art platform moves to perform.

In certain embodiments, when using semi-automatic process, one on the move of the operating table recorded recently or more It is multiple to apply with being reversed.As an example, nearest 1cm/s 10ms height rises the mobile 10ms for being reversed to 1cm/s Height decline movement.In some instances, the number of times for the nearest operating table movement to be inverted can be based on configurable setting Change from the operating table movement of 1 to 5 (such as 2) secondary records.In some instances, when more than one nearest operating table is moved It is dynamic that they are reversed so that nearest operating table movement is inverted first with its reverse order initially occurred when being inverted, the Two nearest operating table movements are by second reversion, etc..In some instances, when each operating table movement is inverted, Removed from data structure, daily record and/or the file of the operating table movement asked for the record during process 750 corresponding Operating table is moved.In some instances, when data structure is storehouse, nearest operating table movement can be ejected from storehouse. After semi-automatic reverse completion, operating table is moved to wait the movement of another operating table to ask by returning to process 710 Continue.

In certain embodiments, processor can be shown to the operator of operating table may solve range of movement limit The instruction of operating table movement.In some instances, the limitation that operating table is moved can be used for limiting what operator may make Possible operating table movement request.For example, being limited when detecting the range of movement caused by height rising movement in the period of process 730 When spending, operating table movement request can be only limitted to height and decline mobile request.In some instances, when operator moves far During from range of movement limit, the operating table of addition type can be permitted to move request.In some instances, when operator makes , can be by illuminating corresponding mobile request button 460 and being pressed from objectionable mobile request during with operating table order unit 600 Remove illumination in button 460 to indicate that licensed operating table moves request.After limitation operating table motion, by returning to Journey 710 makes operating table motion continuation to wait the movement of another operating table to ask.

Referring back to Fig. 4, in process 435, operating table tracking is performed.Transported when being carrying out operating table during process 430 When dynamic, patient's movement, and the remote centre of motion of executor starts movement together with patient.In order to reduce the body wall by patient The power on the sleeve pipe of remote centre of motion is applied to, computer-aided equipment is placed in operating table tracing mode, wherein Allow the remote centre of motion of executor because apparatus is drawn and is moved.In some instances, it is allowed to computer-aided equipment One or more joint movements be adjusted to apparatus draw and correct caused by the movement of remote centre of motion pacify It is attached to the error of the posture of any apparatus of apparatus.

Fig. 8 is to be used for the simplification figure for the process 435 that operating table is tracked according to some embodiments.One of process 435 or More processes 810-860 can be stored in executable on non-momentary, tangible machine readable media at least in part The form of code realizes that machine readable media is by one or more processors (such as processor in control unit 130 140) it can cause one or more processors to perform one or more process 810-860 when running.In some implementations In example, process 435 can be used for tracking moving and being adjusted to compensate by performing the operation the posture of any apparatus for operating table The motion of patient caused by platform motion.In some instances, process 860 is optional, and for not by surgeon's active It can be omitted for the apparatus of control.

In process 810, determine that operating table is moved.When operating table is during process 430 and specifically in the phase of process 740 Between when moving, monitor the motion of operating table.As a part for monitoring, the property and feature of operating table motion are determined so that also Monitor its influence to patient and/or the remote centre of motion of apparatus.In some instances, operating table motion characteristics are to make With the conversion of pedestal to table top, the conversion 315 of such as pedestal to table top.In some instances, operating table is set to area of computer aided It is standby that conversion of the current pedestal to table top is provided.In some instances, operating table is provided provides pedestal to table top Zi last time Conversion since current pedestal to the difference (Δ) between the conversion of table top.In some instances, operating table provides operating table Radial type structure in joint current position and/or speed so that computer-aided equipment can use operating table One or more kinematics models of radial type structure determine the current pedestal to the conversion of table top.In some instances, One or more message are sent to computer-aided equipment by operating table, to exchange conversion of the pedestal to table top, pedestal to platform Poor Δ, current joint position and/or the current joint speed of the conversion in face.

In process 820, due to one or more joints during process 420 in assembling joint and/or executor Release and/or unblock, apparatus traction be allowed to.Therefore, when operating table experienced the motion determined during process 810, It is contemplated that occurring similar motion in the remote centre of motion of each apparatus.As some examples, when adjusting upward operating table During height, the remote centre of motion of apparatus is also moved up, and when the table top of operating table is rotated around isocenter point to carry out When gradient and/or Trend adjustment, the remote centre of motion of apparatus similarly rotates around isocenter point.

In process 830, operating table motion is mapped to computer-aided equipment coordinate system.Determined during process 810 Operating table motion is mapped to the coordinate system associated with computer-aided equipment so that computer-aided equipment can predict hand How the motion of art platform will influence motion and/or the posture of apparatus of the remote centre of motion of apparatus.In some instances, coordinate system Can be the global coordinate system and/or local coordinate system for Computer Aided Surgery equipment, such as equipment base coordinate system 320th, arm mounting platform coordinate system 330 etc..In some instances, it is (such as anti-in the correspondence motion of the remote centre of motion of apparatus Reflect) operating table motion is by applying conversion and pedestal of the pedestal to table top to be mapped to the combination of the conversion of equipment base The equipment base coordinate system of computer-aided equipment.Once the motion of remote centre of motion is mapped to equipment base coordinate system, The motion of remote centre of motion is just mapped to computer by using the kinematics model and conversion of computer-aided equipment The suitable coordinate system of auxiliary equipment, such as arm mounting platform coordinate system 330, executor installed part coordinate system 341,351 and/or In 361 any one, it is any in remote centre of motion (RC) coordinate system 342,352 and/or 362 of computer-aided equipment One etc..In some instances, the mapping of operating table motion is used for the remote centre of motion of prediction apparatus how can be by Move and move in operating table.

In process 840, remote centre of motion position is determined.Because may be without determination hand during the registration of process 425 X-Y or horizontal translation between art platform and computer-aided equipment, so the long-range motion of the apparatus determined during process 830 The position at center may not predict each X, Y and Z location in the remote centre of motion of apparatus exactly.However, one In a little examples, X, Y and Z location of remote centre of motion can be alternatively by the kinematics models using computer-aided equipment Determined with the joint sensors reading of computer-aided equipment.

In process 850, for being drawn due to apparatus caused by apparatus attitudes vibration compensate.By using from The mapping of operating table motion in the coordinate system of the computer-aided equipment of journey 830 and determined during process 840 it is long-range Centre of motion position, determines how operating table motion moves the estimation of the remote centre of motion of apparatus.The fortune of remote centre of motion Dynamic estimation is then used to the conversion 346,356 and/or 366 by using such as remote centre of motion to apparatus/video camera To estimate the posture of apparatus how because operating table is moved and is changed.Once knowing the estimation of apparatus attitudes vibration, calculate One or more supplementary articulations of machine auxiliary equipment are actuated to compensate apparatus attitudes vibration so that apparatus and/or end are held Motion of the row device relative to table top coordinate system and/or the anatomical structure of patient is compensated to operating table motion.

In optional process 860, it will be superimposed upon from surgical motion command in compensation.Because platform is moved in art One of target is to permit the control and/or manipulation to apparatus while operating table is moved and occurred, so such as via operator Any motion command for apparatus that main control unit at work station is received from surgeon is also applied to apparatus and end Actuator.In some instances, the motion command for apparatus can correspond to endoscopic camera referential (such as video camera Referential 363) in relative motion.In some instances, imaging device, and therefore control video camera reference can also be controlled System, the posture being consistent with the anatomical structure relative to table top coordinate system and/or patient.In some instances, motion command It is combined with being superimposed by the compensation campaign with being determined during process 850.The motion of superposition is then used to drive Move one or more supplementary articulations.

According to some embodiments, and as described above, depending on remote centre of motion and corresponding apparatus whether with by outer The apparatus of section's doctor's active control is associated (and optional process 860 is performed) and/or whether with not controlled actively The apparatus (such as imaging device) of system is associated, and process 435 and/or process 810-860 can be set by using area of computer aided Performed for conversion and/or the various combinations of coordinate system.In some instances, when operating table tracking is used for the device of active control During tool, entitled " system and method (the System and moved for integrated surgical platform such as submitted on March 17th, 2015 Method for Integrating Surgical Table Motion) " U.S. Provisional Patent Application US62/134,292 And entitled " system and method (the System and Method for moved for integrated operating table submitted simultaneously Integrated Surgical Table Motion) " attorney be ISRG07000PCT/70228.484WO01 PCT Patent Application in greater detail technology can be used for implementation procedure 435 and/or process 810-860, the two application All it is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety by quoting.In some instances, when operating table tracks the apparatus that be used to not be actively controlled When, entitled " system and method (the System and Method for maintaining instrument posture such as submitted on March 17th, 2015 For Maintaining a Tool Pose) " PCT Patent Application PCT/US 15/21089 in technology can in greater detail To be used to carry out process 435 and/or process 810-860, this application is combined herein by quoting with entire contents.

Referring back to Fig. 4, in process 440, monitoring operating table tracking.Due to the complexity of platform motion in art and (such as During process 420,440 and/or 850) computer-aided equipment may not adequately compensate for apparatus posture change can Can property, in art platform motion during monitoring and/or tracking apparatus remote centre of motion, with ensure each remote centre of motion by It is expected that as move with patient.In some instances, when remote centre of motion is not moved as desired, this situation can Increased with the power for indicating the body wall for being applied to patient by the sleeve pipe docked, because the long-range fortune of the apparatus kept by executor Dynamic center may be from the body opening point diverging with patient.In some instances, when allowing these power inadequately to increase, They may cause the injury to patient, the damage to computer-aided equipment and/or the damage to operating table.

Fig. 9 is the simplification figure for being used to monitor the process 440 of operating table tracking according to some embodiments.The one of process 440 Individual or more process 910-950 can be stored at least in part on non-momentary, tangible machine readable media can The form for performing code realizes, machine readable media is by one or more processors (such as in control unit 130 Reason device 140) operation when can cause one or more process 810-860 of one or more computing devices.In some realities Apply in example, process 440 can be used for assisting in ensuring that the remote centre of motion of apparatus can be moved as operating table is moved.One In a little examples, due to the obstruction of the articulated jib of docking and/or collision, undetected range of movement limit and/or the like, Remote centre of motion may not be moved as desired.

In process 910, determine that operating table is moved.Using process 810 and/or the process of process 810 is substantially similar to, really Determine the motion of operating table.

In process 920, the movement of remote centre of motion is predicted.Use the operating table motion, platform determined during process 910 Conversion and pedestal of the seat to table top are to the conversion of equipment base, and operating table motion is by using for example similar to process 830 Process and be mapped to equipment base coordinate system.Once operating table motion is mapped to equipment base coordinate system, area of computer aided (coordinate transform 335 of such as equipment base to arm mounting platform, arm mounting platform are arrived for the kinematics model of equipment and/or conversion The conversion 345,355 of the conversion 344,354 and/or 364 of executor installed part and/or executor installed part to remote centre of motion And/or 365) be used to predict operating table motion by the movement for the remote centre of motion for how causing apparatus.In some instances, The pedestal for being mapped to various remote centre of motion coordinate systems 342,352 and/or 362 is used for the poor Δ of the conversion 315 of table top Predict the movement of remote centre of motion.

In process 930, it is determined that actual remote centre of motion movement.By using the process similar with process 840, it is determined that The physical location of the remote centre of motion of executor.

In process 940, the remote centre of motion movement of prediction and actual remote centre of motion movement are compared.In process The remote centre of motion the predicted movement determined during 920 and the actual remote centre of motion determined during process 930 are moved It is dynamic to be compared, to determine whether remote centre of motion moves as desired.In some instances, comparing to include：It is determined that each Actual remote centre of motion position whether corresponding predicted remote centre of motion position suitable error tolerance (such as In 12mm).In some instances, comparing alternatively to include：Determine whether the actual movement of remote centre of motion remains remote One or more geometrical relationships between the journey centre of motion, such as by the part remote centre of motion institute in common coordinate frame Relative distance and angular relationship between cluster/constellation (constellation) of restriction.

In process 950, one or more non-compliant articulated jibs are determined.When the comparison of process 940 is indicated in long-range motion When in the heart one or more do not move as desired, the difference quilt between actual and prediction remote centre of motion movement For determine in articulated jib and/or executor which can not comply with and compensate operating table motion.It is then possible to by using One or more audios and/or the visual alarm (sudden strain of a muscle in the message that is shown on such as operator's work station, non-compliant articulated jib Light etc.) one or more non-compliant articulated jibs are conveyed into surgeon and/or medical worker.

According to some embodiments, process 440 and/or process 910-950 can be by using further detailed in following application The technology that carefully describes is performed：Submitted on March 17th, 2015 it is entitled " react motion during monitoring and controlling point system With method (System and Method for Monitoring Control Points during Reactive Motion U.S. Provisional Patent Application US62/134,252) " and entitled " being monitored during motion is reacted of submitting simultaneously System and method (the System and Method for Monitoring Control Points during at control point Reactive Motion) " attorney docket be ISRG07030PCT/70228.496WO01 PCT Patent Application, the two Shens Please all it is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety by quoting.

Referring back to Fig. 4, in process 445, the state of display operating table and computer-aided equipment.This status display can Can be it is useful, such as when surgeon in art during platform motion operator's work station must holding head forward and/or outside When section doctor can not directly observe operating table and/or computer-aided equipment.In addition, patient is generally by one or more sterile Single covering, this often such that be difficult to observe and/or assess operating table table top orientation.In some instances, surgeon can To use the operating table angle (such as gradient and/or Trend) steeper than the angle usually required, to ensure The desired gravity of generation is recalled, and this may increase patient extra stress and cause injury.

Figure 10 is the simplification figure of the user interface 1000 according to some embodiments.In certain embodiments, user interface 1000 can be displayed at operator's work station, be displayed at the display on or near operating table and/or such as It is such.As shown in Figure 10, user interface 1000 is to participate in surgical operation and/or one or more medical workers of other programs Status information is provided.User interface 1000 is divided into several regions, for showing different types of information to medical worker. In some examples, according to medical worker's user interface 1000 where and/or medical worker's user interface 1000 can be shown at which In show, use different region and/or different regions is arranged.Although not shown in Fig. 10, used when in display (such as when the person's work that is displayed on perspective operational of user interface 1000 when the display of family interface 1000 is arranged to stereoscopic vision When standing upper), user interface 1000 can represent any of left eye user interface is shown or right eye user interface is shown.

The fact that main viewing area 1010 is provided during being used to be shown in process 550 by the imaging device for being docked to patient Image.In some instances, these live images are the figures of the internal anatomy of the patient near desired operative site Picture.In some instances, the position of imaging device and/or orientation can be by surgeons using being not described further herein Process changes.Two apparatuses 1020 and 1030 are illustrated that in the image shown in main viewing area 1010, only for table The purpose shown, the two apparatuses are shown with the apparatus of clamp type end effector.When surgeon works in operator When the place of station comes control instrument 1020 and 1030 using main control unit, surgeon can viewing instruments 1020 and 1030 in surgery How to be moved during program.In some instances, as described by during process 415, the platform in art of apparatus 1020 and 1030 In the visual field that imaging device is preferably must be held in during motion so that surgeon can in whole art platform motion during for appoint What possible complex situations continues viewing instruments 1020 and 1030.

Operating table state region 1040 is shown at the main top of viewing area 1010, but those of ordinary skill will manage Solution, operating table state region 1040 can be located in user interface elsewhere, including may be superimposed upon main viewing area On 1010.The several icons and text of the information for being to provide the state on operating table in operating table state region 1040 Field.As shown, gradient Status icons 1050 are used to indicate that the present inclination of operating table to be set.In some instances, The operating table described in gradient Status icons 1050 and the actual inclination of patient can be adjusted, more accurately to describe hand The gradient of art platform.For example, when operating table is towards during horizontal tilt, table top and patient in gradient Status icons 1050 also may be used With towards horizontal tilt.By this way, surgeon obtain operating table actually how inclined visual depiction.Show at some In example, gradient Status icons 1050 can also include indicating that the one or more of gradient of the operating table adjusted regard Feel prompting.In some instances, visual cues can include changing the color of gradient Status icons 1050, make gradient state Icon 1050, which flashes and/or added, shows that gradient changes nyctitropic clockwise and/or counterclockwise arrow.In some instances, Gradient Status icons 1050 can be adjusted to reflect the orientation of patient, such as patient is placed with the left side of patient or right side, and It is not the back of patient.In some instances, gradient Status icons 1050 can also include the motion for table top gradient Range limits and/or the limit are orientated limit and/or when the present inclination of table top reaches range of movement limit and/or extreme orientation One or more visual indicators during limit.In some instances, maximum angle line can be used to describe range of movement Limit and/or limit orientation limit.In some instances, (flicker, color change etc.) is highlighted to can serve to indicate that Gradient is close to range of movement limit and/or limit orientation limit.Be close to gradient Status icons 1050 is to tilt Angle value designator 1055, the current angle of inclination and direction for reporting operating table.

It also show the Trend state diagram that the current Trend for indicating operating table is set Mark 1060.In some instances, the operating table described in Trend Status icons 1060 and patient can be adjusted Actual Trend orientation, with more accurately describe operating table Trend be orientated.For example, working as hand The Trend of art platform set towards level be adjusted when, the table top in Trend Status icons 1060 Can also be towards moving horizontally with patient.By this way, surgeon obtains the Trend orientation of operating table Visual depiction.In some instances, Trend Status icons 1060 can also include indicating to adjust operating table Trend orientation one or more visual cues.In some instances, visual cues can include changing The color of Trend Status icons 1060, make Trend Status icons 1060 flash and/or add to show Go out Trend orientation and change nyctitropic clockwise and/or counterclockwise arrow.In some instances, special human relations can be adjusted De Lunbai clinostatisms Status icons 1060 are to reflect the orientation of patient, and such as patient is placed with the left side of patient or right side, rather than The back of patient.In some instances, Trend Status icons 1060 can also include the Te Lunde for table top The range of movement limit and/or the limit that the primary clinostatism of human relations is set are orientated limit and/or when the current Trend of table top is set Put one or more visual indicators when reaching range of movement limit and/or extreme orientation limit.In some instances, may be used To describe range of movement limit and/or limit orientation limit using maximum angle line.In some instances, highlight (all Such as flicker, color change) it can serve to indicate that Trend is set close to range of movement limit and/or the limit It is orientated limit.Be close to Trend Status icons 1060 is Trend value designator 1065, is used for Report the current Trend orientation angles of operating table.

In certain embodiments, gradient Status icons 1050 and/or Trend Status icons 1060 make Useful and intuitively operating table orientation reading is provided with for surgeon and/or medical worker.In some instances, gradient shape State icon 1050 and/or Trend Status icons 1060 help surgeon determine the effective dose of operating table orientation with Support specific program, because surgeon can monitor the orientation of the table top of operating table simultaneously and while also observing the solution of patient Cut open how structure responds in main viewing area 1010.In some instances, gradient Status icons 1050 and/or Te Lundelun Primary clinostatism Status icons 1060 can improve the repeatability for supporting the operating table of various programs to be orientated.In some examples In, gradient Status icons 1050 and/or Trend Status icons 1060 can allow surgeon preferably to adjust Save the amount of the tilt quantity used during program and/or Trend orientation.In some instances, gradient state diagram Mark 1050 and/or Trend Status icons 1060 can help surgeon to identify when to incline in the presence of substantially steeper Gradient and/or Trend orientation and/or when gradient and/or Trend orientation ratio are during program Conventional use of gradient and/or Trend orientation are steeper.In some instances, the protrusion of limit orientation limit shows Undesirable and/or unnecessary steep gradient and/or Trend orientation can further be avoided by showing.With when Between passage, surgeon can learn to realize the approximate minimum orientation needed for desired effects, and therefore limitation patient should Power.

In some instances, the presence of gradient Status icons 1050 and/or Trend Status icons 1060 It also can indicate that and communication connection is set up between operating table and computer-aided equipment.In some instances, when in operating table and , can when not allowing integrated surgical platform to move and/or during analogue when not setting up communication connection between computer-aided equipment To remove gradient Status icons and/or Trend Status icons 1060 by user interface 1000.Also, state diagram 1050 and 1060 non-existent optional instructions of mark can be included in interface 1000.

Although not shown in Fig. 10, operating table state region 1040 can include additional Status icons and/or Designator.In some instances, additivity icon and/or designator can indicate operating table height and/or slide set, How patient is placed on operating table, whether comes into the pin of the motion of platform in art, operating table and/or computer-aided equipment And/or take turns whether being locked out, and/or such.

User interface 1000 can also include optional infomational message region 1070.Infomational message region 1070 can be with It is used for display one or more infomational messages that platform is moved suitable for art.It is current that figure 10 illustrates two representatives Property infomational message, but ordinarily skilled artisan will understand that, it can suitably show less or more infomational message.Even Connect status information message 1080 and show connection status between operating table and computer-aided equipment.In some instances, Connection status can be related to the connection set up during process 510.Alarm types infomational message 1090 is carried to surgeon For warning, i.e. it may be desirable to the gap before platform motion in carrying out art between monitoring patient and articulated jib and/or executor. In some instances, additional information message (is such as rejected for entry into the notice of platform motion in art, in process during process 415 The range of movement limit that detects during 730, the non-compliant articulated jib detected during process 950 and/or the like) can To be displayed in infomational message region 1070.

As discussed above and further emphasize, Figure 10 is only that the scope that should not exceedingly limit claims is shown Example.It will be appreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art that many changes, substitutions and modifications.It is one or more according to some embodiments Individual extra display area can show the real-time top view and/or side view of operating table, patient and/or computer-aided equipment.

Referring back to Fig. 4, in process 450, exit platform in art and move.Due to operating table and computer-aided equipment with Platform motion is operated in art, therefore is checked to determine it is that should continue platform in art to move or should exit platform fortune in art It is dynamic.In some instances, can be based on order, medical worker the pressing hand sent by the surgeon using operator's work station Platform is moved into button 610 and/or the like in art on art platform order unit 600, is moved to exit platform in art.At some In example, any one in several security interlockings can cause the termination that platform is moved in art.In some instances, when in mistake When connection between the operating table and computer-aided equipment set up during journey 510 is lost, when operating table or area of computer aided are set When any of standby pin, wheel and/or installs fixture is unlocked, when sleeve pipe is attached and/or separated with executor, when it is determined that outer Section doctor at operator's work station no longer head forward when, when the instrument end effector for being installed to apparatus is no longer in process During 550 docking and when not moving back in the visual field of the imaging device in corresponding intubation, when press any articulated jib and/or During any joint unblock button on executor, and when detecting any other potential unsafe condition, it can exit Platform is moved in art.In some instances, it is when detecting one or more non-compliant articulated jibs during process 950 or similar During situation, platform in art can be exited due to the unsolved range of movement limit detected during process 730 and is moved.One In a little examples, one or more power failures and/or the system failure in operating table and/or computer-aided equipment can also Platform motion in art is caused to be exited.

As discussed above and further emphasize, Fig. 4 is only that the scope that should not exceedingly limit claims is shown Example.It will be appreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art that many changes, substitutions and modifications.According to some embodiments, it can use and Fig. 4 In imply order different come one or more in implementation procedure 405-450.In some instances, process 425- One or more in 445 can be performed in parallel with any order and/or partly or wholly.

Some examples (such as control unit 130) of control unit can include non-momentary, tangible machine readable Jie Matter, it includes that when being run by one or more processors (such as processor 140) one or more processing can be caused Device performs the executable code of the process of method 400.Can include method 400 the step of some common forms it is machine readable Medium is, for example, floppy disk, floppy disc, hard disk, tape, any other magnetic medium, CD-ROM, any other optical medium, perforation Card, paper tape, any other physical medium with hole patterns, RAM, PROM, EPROM, FLASH-EPROM, any other deposits Memory chip or box, and/or processor or computer are suitable to any other medium read.

Although illustrative embodiment has been illustrated and described, modification, the change of many are contemplated in foregoing disclosure And replacement, and in some cases, the correspondence that some features of embodiment can be employed without other features are used.This The those of ordinary skill in field will appreciate that many changes, substitutions and modifications.Thus, the scope of the present invention should be only by following power Sharp claim is limited, and it will be appreciated that should broadly and be with a kind of scope phase one with embodiment disclosed herein The mode of cause explains claims.

Claims

1. a kind of computer aided medicine equipment, including：

Control unit for controlling the computer aided medicine equipment；With

The display unit of described control unit is coupled to, the display unit at least has operating table state region；

Wherein described control unit is configured to：

Receive the information of the orientation of pedestal of the table top relative to the operating table of the description operating table from operating table, institute State operating table and be coupled to the computer aided medicine equipment via communication connection；

The operating table and one or more icons of the orientation are described in generation to graphically；And

One or more icon is sent to the display unit to show in the operating table state region.

2. equipment according to claim 1, wherein one or more size and side of the icon based on the orientation Described of the operating table being orientated at a certain angle to the pedestal described to graphically relative to the operating table Face.

3. equipment according to claim 1, wherein the table top of the orientation and the operating table is relative to the hand The angle of inclination of the pedestal of art platform is associated.

4. equipment according to claim 1, wherein the table top of the orientation and the operating table is relative to the hand The Trend orientation of the pedestal of art platform is associated.

5. equipment according to claim 1, wherein described control unit are further configured to：

Generate one or more texts description of the orientation；And

One or more text description is sent to the display near one or more icon to show Show.

6. equipment according to claim 1, wherein one or more icon includes indicating that the orientation changes What is become highlights.

7. equipment according to claim 6, wherein described highlight the change including color.

8. equipment according to claim 6, wherein described highlight including flashing the icon.

9. equipment according to claim 6, wherein described highlight the change including describing the orientation to graphically Change the directional arrow in direction.

10. equipment according to claim 1, wherein one or more icon is further depicted as in the operating table The table top on patient image.

11. equipment according to claim 1, wherein described control unit are further configured to：

The table top of the description operating table from the operating table is received relative to the pedestal of the operating table The information of position；

The operating table and one or more the additional icons of the position are described in generation to graphically；And

One or more the additional icon is sent to the display unit to show in the operating table state region；

Wherein described position is associated with the height of the operating table or slip setting.

12. equipment according to claim 1, wherein described control unit are further configured to：

Receive the information of the state of the description operating table from the operating table；

One or more the additional icons of the state are described in generation to graphically；And

One or more pin of wherein described state and the operating table whether the locked, operating table it is one or more Whether individual wheel locked or patient how to be orientated on the table top of the operating table it is associated.

13. equipment according to claim 1, wherein：

The display unit further comprises main viewing area；And

Described control unit is further configured to obtain one from the imaging device associated with computer aided medicine equipment Or more image, and one or more image is sent to the display unit with the main viewing area It has been shown that, one or more image includes the end for the apparatus being installed on the articulated jib of the computer aided medicine equipment Hold the image of actuator.

14. equipment according to claim 13, wherein the operating table state region is superimposed on the main viewing area On.

15. equipment according to claim 1, wherein：

The display unit further comprises infomational message region；And

Described control unit is further configured to one or more infomational messages hair associated with the operating table The display unit is sent to, to be shown in described information message region.

16. equipment according to claim 1, wherein one or more icon includes the motion model of the operating table Enclose or similar limitation designator.

17. equipment according to claim 16, wherein the designator includes the line in maximum orientation angle.

18. equipment according to claim 1, wherein one or more icon includes indicating close to the hand The range of movement of art platform or similar limitation are highlighted.

19. equipment according to claim 18, wherein described highlight including flashing the icon.

20. equipment according to claim 18, wherein described highlight the color including changing the icon.

21. equipment according to claim 1, wherein one or more icon includes indicating close to the hand The limit of art platform is orientated highlighting for limit.

22. a kind of method for showing operating table state, methods described includes：

The table top phase of the description operating table from the operating table is received by the control unit of computer aided medicine equipment For the information of the orientation of the pedestal of the operating table, the operating table is coupled to the area of computer aided via communication connection Medical Devices；

The operating table and one or more icons of the orientation are described by described control unit generation to graphically；And And

One or more icon is sent to display unit in operating table state region to show by described control unit Show.

23. method according to claim 22, wherein one or more size of the icon based on the orientation and Describe to graphically described in the operating table being orientated at a certain angle relative to the pedestal of the operating table in direction Table top.

24. method according to claim 22, wherein described be orientated the table top with the operating table relative to described The angle of inclination of the pedestal of operating table is associated.

25. method according to claim 22, wherein described be orientated the table top with the operating table relative to described The Trend orientation of the pedestal of operating table is associated.

26. method according to claim 22, further comprises：

Generate one or more texts description of the orientation；And

27. method according to claim 22, wherein one or more icon includes indicating the orientation What is changed highlights.

28. method according to claim 22, wherein one or more icon is further depicted as in the operation The image of patient on the table top of platform.

29. method according to claim 22, further comprises：

30. method according to claim 22, further comprises：

31. method according to claim 22, wherein one or more icon includes the motion of the operating table Scope or the designator of similar limitation.

32. method according to claim 22, wherein one or more icon is included indicating close to described The range of movement of operating table or similar limitation are highlighted.

33. method according to claim 33, wherein one or more icon is included indicating close to described The limit of operating table is orientated highlighting for limit.

34. a kind of non-transitory machine readable media including multiple machine readable instructions, the machine readable instructions by with It is suitable to make one or more processing during one or more computing devices that computer aided medicine equipment is associated Device performs the method comprised the following steps：

Receive the letter of the orientation of pedestal of the table top relative to the operating table of the description operating table from the operating table Breath, the operating table is coupled to the computer aided medicine equipment via communication connection；

35. non-transient computer-readable medium according to claim 34, wherein one or more icon base The pedestal described to graphically relative to the operating table in the size and Orientation of the orientation is orientated at a certain angle The operating table the table top.

36. non-transient computer-readable medium according to claim 34, wherein the orientation and the operating table The table top is associated relative to the angle of inclination of the pedestal of the operating table.

37. non-transient computer-readable medium according to claim 34, wherein the orientation and the operating table The table top is associated relative to the Trend orientation of the pedestal of the operating table.

38. non-transient computer-readable medium according to claim 34, wherein one or more icon enters One step is depicted in the image of the patient on the table top of the operating table.

39. non-transient computer-readable medium according to claim 34, wherein methods described further comprises：

Generate one or more texts description of the orientation；And

40. non-transient computer-readable medium according to claim 34, wherein one or more icon bag Include indicate it is described be orientated changing highlight.

41. non-transient computer-readable medium according to claim 34, wherein methods described further comprises：

42. non-transient computer-readable medium according to claim 34, wherein methods described also includes：

43. non-transient computer-readable medium according to claim 34, wherein one or more icon bag Include the range of movement of the operating table or the designator of similar limitation.

44. non-transient computer-readable medium according to claim 34, wherein one or more icon bag Instruction is included close to the range of movement of the operating table or highlighting for similar limitation.

45. non-transient computer-readable medium according to claim 34, wherein one or more icon bag Include and indicate that the limit close to the operating table is orientated highlighting for limit.